 | 654 pages
...either horse or dog, in his delightful poem of " The Lady of the Lake," makes Fitzjames say— " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my matchless grey .'" However, I have no recollection of ever having seen the portrait of a favourite... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pages
...break thy neck. I had thee in hand, Fencer, but my equestrian skill availed not, thou didst die. Woe worth the chase — woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant bay ! Roderick ! named after me, thou wert the arrantest villain I ever crossed. Like the deer in activity,... | |
 | 546 pages
...either horse or dog, in his delightful poem of " The Lady of the Lake," makes Fitzjames say — " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my matchless grey !" However, I have no recollection of ever having seen the portrait of a favourite white... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pages
...= is, and is a fragment of the regular AngloSaxon verb weoif&an = to be, or to become ; German, Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant grey. Lady of the Lake. * Found rarely; bist being the current form. — "Deutsche Grammatik," i. 894. CHAPTER... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...misruleth his inwitte ! And teell worth Piers Plowman that pureueth God in his going." PIERS PLOWMAN. " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray." — Lady of the Lake. " Thus saith the Lord God, ' Howl ye and say, woe worth the day.' "—... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1854 - 282 pages
...and is a fragment of the regular AngloSaxon verb weofSan = to be, or to become ; German, werden. "Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray." Lady of the Lake. Do. — In the phrase, this will do, = this will answer the purpose, the word... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 pages
...misruleth his inwitte ! And well worth Piers Plowman that pursueth God in his going." PIERS PLOWMAN. " Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray." — Lady of the Lake. " Thus saith the Lord God, ' Howl ye and say, woe worth the day.' " —... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - 1856 - 344 pages
...the banks of Seine That Highland Eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ; Woe worth the chase— woe worth the day— That cost thy life — my gallant grey i" Slowly we moved onward, gazing upon scenery of engrossing interest, localizing the incidents of... | |
 | James Wood (of the univ. of Edinburgh.) - 1857 - 112 pages
...Wearth, (Ge)worden. Werden, Wurde or Ward, Geworden. "Wo worth the day." — EZEKIEL xxx. 2. " Woe vjorth the chase, woe worth the day That cost thy life, my gallant grey." 2. Heck, to strain, to cause care, to care for ; in Anglo-Saxon — Recan, Rohte, Geroht, to care for.... | |
 | Willem Gerrit Brill - 1858 - 118 pages
...voor in de spreekwijze woe wort h! eigenlijk wee worde! Bij voorb. in W. SCOTT'S Lady of the Lake: Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day That cost thy life , my gallant grey ! *) Eindelijk schijnt ten onrechte in deze klasse opgenomen een oorspronkelijk gelijkvloeijend werkwoord... | |
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I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant gray! 
