...how stout a heart is needed to break the wizard spell which there holds Arthur and his knights ! " Woe to the coward that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn." For in that case he would be driven ignominiously back from the Eildon halls, amid the more than mortal...

...ought to have the courage of their opinions : a man should sign his name : no fighting behind walls. ' Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword, before he blew the horn ! motives always sublime, but still when Time lifted the dish-cover, there was the dish as empty as...

...seize the enchanted sword; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words:— " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the hornl" At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate...

...Compare, If they would drink nettles in March, etc. WAE to him that lippens to ithers for tippence. WAE to the coward that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn. ie, it is foolish to awaken danger before we have arms in our hands to resist it. This saying is derived...

...to advance are known—everything is done that can be done outside of Congress. "Woe to the laggard that ever he was born Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn." The organization of the artillery with short service and reserve with local territorial assignment...

...Historian's Table-Book, ii. p. 37. M wrathfully, because he first blew the horn ere he drew the sword — " Woe to the coward that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before lie blew the horn." That other adventurer was all right in first drawing the sword, only he failed...

...seize the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words : " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn ! * At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate...

...seize the enchanted sword ; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words : " Woe to the coward, that ever he was born Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn ! " At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate...

...their visitor was blown back into common life, these words sounding after him on the wind : Cursed be the coward that ever he was born Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn. No man has the right to give the signal for such a battle by blowing the horn, unless he has first...

...to seize the enchanted sword; but at the same moment a voice pronounced aloud the mysterious words: 'Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn! ' At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate...