"Saint bride" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Angus, thou hast lied!" On the Earl's cheek the flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age: Fierce he broke forth—"And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? And hop'st thou thence unscathed to go: No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no! Up drawbridge, grooms—what, warder, ho Let the portcullis fall." Lord Marmion turned—well was his need, And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the archway sprung, The ponderous gate behind ...
— Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field • Walter Scott
... are bent upon this enterprise, you will not find me backward; and indeed, I am so sick of this six months of idleness, and of seeing others marching to Wales to fight, while we do nothing here; that, by Saint Bride, were you to ask me to go into Glendower's stronghold, and pluck him by the beard, I would willingly ...
— Both Sides the Border - A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower • G. A. Henty
... . And darest thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? And hopest thou hence unscathed to go? No, by Saint Bride of Bothwell, no! Up drawbridge, grooms—what, warder, ho! Let ...
— In Chteau Land • Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
... mankind. When (to the spirit-stirring sound Of trumpets breathing courage round, 350 And fifes well-mingled, to restrain And bring that courage down again; Or to the melancholy knell Of the dull, deep, and doleful bell, Such as of late the good Saint Bride[256] Muffled, to mortify the pride Of those who, England quite forgot, Paid their vile homage to the Scot; Where Asgill held the foremost place, Whilst my lord figured at a race) 360 Processions ('tis ...
— Poetical Works • Charles Churchill
... lonely at this late hour, and Robert Audley being in a ghost-seeing mood, would have been scarcely astonished had he seen Johnson's set come roystering westward in the lamp-light, or blind John Milton groping his way down the steps before Saint Bride's Church. ...
— Lady Audley's Secret • Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
