 Ulf, thou coward, dost thou flee ?" The earl returned to the door, and said, " You would have taken a longer flight in the river Helga, had I not run to your assistance when the Swedes beat you like a dog; you did not then call me Ulf the coward.  Amusements in Chess - Page 54by Charles Tomlinson - 1845 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 272 pages
...chess-board, and was going away, when the king called after him, sayine " Ulf, thou coward, dost thou flee ?" The earl returned to the door, and said, "...Of the fondness of the Danes for chess and dice we have an instance in the fact that when Bishop Ethcric came to Canute the Great on important business,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 282 pages
..." Ulf, 1 1 H in coward, dost thou flee ?" The earl returned to the door, and said, " You would haxe taken a longer flight in the river Helga, had I not...Of the fondness of the Danes for chess and dice we have an instance in the fact that when Bishop Etherie came to Canute the Great on important business,... | |
 | 1841 - 536 pages
...chess-board, and was going away, when the king called after him, saying " Ulf, thou coward, dost thou flee ?" The earl returned to the door, and said, " You would have taken a longer flight in the птег Helga, had I not run to your assistance when the Swedes beat you like a dog ; you did not... | |
 | Chess - 1841 - 448 pages
...returned to the door, and said, " You would have taken a long flight in the river Helga, had I not come to your assistance, when the Swedes beat you like a dog. You did not then call me coward." He then retired, and some days after was murdered by the King's orders.f This anecdote is... | |
 | Chess - 1841 - 468 pages
...(tafl bordino), and left the room. The King called after him, saying, " Ulfr, thou coward, dost thou flee ? " The Earl returned to the door, and said, " You would have taken a long flight in the river Helga, had I not come to your assistance, when the Swedes beat you like a... | |
 | Amusements - 1844 - 480 pages
...coward, dost thou thus flee ? " The earl, hearing this epithet, returned to the door, and retorted, " You would have taken a longer flight in the river Helga, had I not come to your assistance when the Swedes beat you like a dog ; you did not then call me coward ! " He... | |
 | Children's literature - 1850 - 484 pages
...coward, dost thou thus flee ?" The earl, hearing this epithet, returned to the door, and retorted, " You would have taken a longer flight in the river Helga, had I not Come to your assistance when the Swedes beat you like a dog ; you did not then call me coward !" He... | |
 | Joseph Kling, Bernhard Horwitz - Chess - 1852 - 1042 pages
...Chessboard, and was going away, when the King called after him, saying, ' Ulf, tliou coward, dost thou flee ?' The Earl returned to the door, and said, '...I not run to your assistance, when the Swedes beat yon like a dog ; you did not then cull me Ulf, the coward.' The Earl then retired, and the next morning... | |
 | Duncan Forbes - Chess - 1860 - 398 pages
...Chessboard and left the room. The king called after him, saying : ' Ulfr, thou coward, dost thou thus flee ?' The earl returned to the door, and said, '...taken a longer flight in the river Helga, had I not come to your assistance, when the Swedes beat you like a dog — you did not then call me a coward.'... | |
 | Charles Henry Bennett - Games - 1861 - 142 pages
...coward, dost thou thus flee ?" The earl hearing this epithet, returned to the door, and retorted, " You would have taken a longer flight in the river Helga, had I not come to your assistance when the Swedes beat you like a dog; you did not then call me coward." He then... | |
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