 They have — they have!" exclaimed Rebecca; and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavor to ascend upon the shoulders of each other; down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees upon their...  Heroines of Fiction - Page 94by William Dean Howells - 1901 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
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..." The assailants have won the barriers, have .they not?" said Ivanhoe "They have — they have — and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wa.ll ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other — down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees... | |
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...The assailants have won the barriers, have they not ? ' said Ivanhoe. " ' They have — they have — and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other — down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...assailants have won the barriers, have they not ?' said Ivanhoe.' " ' They have — they have — aud they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders * The war-cry of the Knights Templars. of each other— down... | |
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...The assailants have wop the barriers, have they not ?" said Ivanhoe. • " They have— they have — and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other — down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees... | |
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...The assailants have won the barriers, have they not ?" said Ivanhoe. " They have—they have—and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other—down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees upon... | |
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...press the besieged hard upon the outer wall ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other — down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees upon their heads, and as fast as they bear the wounded to the rear, fresh men supply their place in... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 262 pages
...The assailants have won the barriers, have they not?» said Ivanhoe. « They have —they have—and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other—down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees upon... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 582 pages
...The assailants have won the barriers, have they not ?" said Ivauhoe. ' " They have — they have — and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other — down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...The assailants have won the barriers, have they not ?" said Ivanhoe. " They have—they have—and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other—down go Atones, beams, and trunks of trees upon... | |
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...won the barriera,- have they not?" J&iil Ivanhoe.— •" They have— they- have — and they lpre9S the besieged hard upon the outer wall ; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon tlie shoulders of each other — down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees,... | |
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