 Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, "it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield of gold in so public a place as this : for my part, I wonder even a silver one is not too strong a temptation for the devotion of some people who...  Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons - Page 145by Maria Edgeworth - 1822Full view - About this book
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
..., indeed , that they should expose a shield o( gold in so public a plare as this : for my part , 1 wonder even a silver one is not too strong a temptation for the devotion of some people that pass this way ; and it appears by the date , that this has been here above three years. -Ihe black... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...shield in iny life, this is one.' — ' Yes,' returned the white knight smiling, ' it is very prohable, indeed, that they should expose a shield of gold in...this way ; and it appears, by the date, that this has been here above three years.' The black knight could not bear the smile with which this was delivered,... | |
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...saw a golden shield inmy life, this is one6." — " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, " it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield...strong a temptation for the devotion of some people that pass this way7 ; and it appears by the date, that this has been here above three years.8." The... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1833 - 150 pages
...golden shield in my life, this is one." 5. " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, — " it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield...this way, and it appears, by the date, that this has been here above three years." ' 6. The black knight could not bear the smile with which this was delivered,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 206 pages
...saw a golden shield in my life, this is one." — " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield...this way ; and it appears, by the date, that this has been here above three years." The black knight could not bear the smile with which this was delivered,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 200 pages
...saw a golden shield in my life, this is one." — " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield...this way ; and it appears, by the date, that this has been here above three years." The black knight could not b.ear the smile with which this was delivered,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...shield in my life, this is one." " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, " it is very ( . . . ), indeed, that they should expose a shield of gold in...public a place as this ! For my part, I wonder even a (...) one is not too strong a temptation for the devotion of some people who pass this way ; and it... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...1 saw a golden shield in my life, this is one." " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, " it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield of gold in so public u place as this ! For my part, I wonder even a silver one is not too strong a temptation for the devotion... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - Society of Friends - 1851 - 398 pages
...saw a golden shield in my life, this is one.' — ' Yes,' returned the white knight, smiling, 'it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield...this way ; and it appears, by the date, that this has been here above three years.' The black knight could not bear the smile with which this was delivered,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1853 - 300 pages
...I saw a golden shield in my life, this is one." " Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, " it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield...who pass this way; and it appears, by the date, that thig has been here above three years." The black knight could not bear the smile with which this was... | |
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