Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill, À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 · London : Pub. at the Punch Office · leaf 187
t,—the discomfitedwarrior presented a ghastly spectacle ; as, reeling under the efiect of the lasttremendous blow which the knight of Hombourg dealt. Sir Gottfried fell heavilyfrom the saddle of his piebald charger ; the frightened animal whisked his tailwildly with a shriek and a snort, plunged… … —away amid the greenvineyards and goldencornfields ; away up thesteep mountains, wherehe frightened the eaglesin their eyries ; awaydown the clattering ra-vines, where the flash-ing cataracts tumble ;away through the darkpine forests, where thehungry wolves are howl-ing ; away over thedreary wolds,…
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