 | Herbert Spencer - Political science - 1873 - 426 pages
...mi.T, and roar on the plain: lond, rough, and dark in battle meet Lochlin and Inisfail. * * * As the 2* troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves on...as the last peal of the thunder of heaven; such is noise of the battle." Except in the position of the verb in the first two sim- ; ilies, the theoretically... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1874 - 458 pages
...and roar on the plain; loud, rough, and dark — in battle, met Lochlin and Innis-fail. Chief mixed his strokes with chief, and man with man. Steel clanging...the troubled noise of the ocean, when roll the waves oa high; as the last peal of the thunder of heaven; such is the noise of battle. As roll a thousand... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1874 - 468 pages
...spears fall like circles of light which gild the stormy face of night. " As the noise of the troubled ocean when roll the waves on high, as the last peal of thundering heaven, such is the noise of battle. Though Cormac's hundred bards were there, feeble were... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 pages
...meet and mix and roar on the plain: loud, rough, and dark in battle meet Lochlin and Inisfail. ... As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves...of the thunder of heaven, —such is the noise of the battle." Had this passage followed "the theoretically best arrangement" throughout, it would have... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Essays - 1882 - 446 pages
...meet and mix, and roar on the plain : loud, rough, and dark in battle meet Lochlin and Inisfail. * * * As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves on high ; as th» last peal of the thunder of heaven ; such is noise of the battle." Except in the position of the... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Essays - 1882 - 446 pages
...meet and mix, and roar on the plain : lond, rough, and dark in battle meet Lochlin and Inisfail. * * * As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves on high ; as tht last peal of the thunder of heaven ; such is noise of the battle." Except in the position of the... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 pages
...and roar on the plain; loud, rough, and dark — in battle, met Lochlin and Innis-fail. Chief mixed his strokes with chief, and man with man. Steel clanging...the troubled noise of the ocean, when roll the waves OD high, as the last peal of the thunder of heaven; such is the noise of battle. As roll a thousand... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1884 - 346 pages
...is that the modifying expressions shall be so few or so well knit as to be easily understood. Thus: As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves...of the thunder of heaven,— such is the noise of the battle. —Macpherson. The laugh of mirth which vibrates through the heart; the tears which freshen... | |
 | Sarah Neal Harris - Elocution - 1891 - 206 pages
...Examples. As autumn's dark storms pour from two echoing hills, so toward each other approached the heroes. Steel clanging sounded on steel. Helmets are cleft...of the thunder of heaven, — such is the noise of battle. MONOTONE. 73 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Literary style - 1892 - 104 pages
...meet and mix, and roar on the plain : loud, rough, and dark in battle meet Lochlin and Inisfail. ... As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves...as the last peal of the thunder of heaven ; such is noise of the battle." 46. Except in the position of the verb in the first two similes, the theoretically... | |
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As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves on high ; as the last peal of the thunder of heaven ; such is the noise of battle. 
