Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now Advanced in view they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms, in guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield ! Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through... History of the Peloponnesian War - Page 113by Thucydides - 1848Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...in silence to soft pipes, that charm'd Their painful steps o'tr the burnt soil; and noft ' Advanc'd in view they stand, a horrid front Of dreadful length...Had to impose : He through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and statures... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms, in guiie Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield, 56^ Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : He through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and statures... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms, in guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield, 565 Awaiting what command their mighty Chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye, and soon traverse I he whole battalion views their order due, Their visages and stature... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...on in silence to soft pipes, that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now Advanc'd in view they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length...Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...dreadful length and dazzling arms, in guise Of warrionrs old with order'd spear and shield; Awahing what command their mighty Chief Had to impose. He through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views; their order due; Their visages and stature... | |
| 1824 - 452 pages
...efficient manner, urges on his vassals to the unequal war— '• " He through the armed files l>;n K his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion, views their order due. Their visages anil stature as for gods ; Their number last lie sums," •'* And instead of rage Deliberate... | |
| England - 1852 - 798 pages
...and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable." 8EWARD. " And now, Advanced in view, they stand ; a horrid front...through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, aud soon traverse The whole battalion views — their order due — Their visages and stature as of... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms, in guise Of warriors old with orderM or gain ; The price of favours ; the designing arts...at riches in contempt of hearts ; And, for a comfor expericnc'd eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...they, Breathing united force, with fixed thought, Moved on in silence to soft pipes, that charm 'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now...traverse The whole battalion views ; their order due ; Their visages and stature as of Gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with... | |
| John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms, In guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield, 565 Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : He through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and statures... | |
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