Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 170
old hermit. Many, but a splinter wellnigh took off my nose! Thehonest hermit waved hispipe in delight, not perceiv-ing that one of the splintershad carried off the head ofit, and rendered his favouriteamusement impossible. Ha! they are to it again !Oh, my! how they go towith their great swords!Well… … said the old man, here^ot I was a man of peace; 148 A LEGEND OF THE RHINE. and the next moment, muttering a hasty matin, he sprung down the ledge of rock, and wasby the side of the combatants. The battle was over. Good knight as Sir Gottfried was, his strength and skill had notbeen able to overcome…
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