Then, whirling up his broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow: The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh; It missed his helm, but... Glorious Greece and Imperial Rome - Página 151por Susie Montgomery Best - 1918 - 225 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 páginas
...broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned...Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. 45. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space ; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 páginas
...broadsword Wilh both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned...Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. 45. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...Right deftly turn'd the blow. The blow, though turn'd, came yet too ni It miss'd his helm, but gnsh'd his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. He reel'd, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space ; Then, like a wild-cat mad with wounds,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 páginas
...deftly turn'd the blow. The blow, though turn'd, came yet too nigh; It miss'd his helm, but gash'd his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. He reel'd, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space ; Then, like a wild-cat mad with wounds,... | |
| 1847 - 760 páginas
...broad sword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned...The blow though turned came yet too nigh, It missed the helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. He reeled,... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1854 - 240 páginas
...the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Iloratius Right deftly turned the blow. The blow, though turned,...The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flo\v. XLV. He reeled, and on Ilerminius He leaned one breathing-space ; Then, like a wild cat mad... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 páginas
...hight, He rushed against Ilorntius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade lloratius Ri;;ht deftly turned the blow ; The blow, though turned,...Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow." We forbear to continue a quotation •which the reader's memory probably suppiics. For the same reason... | |
| John Connery - 1861 - 416 páginas
...broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned...blow. The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh It miss'd his helm, but gash'd his thigh ; The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow,... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 páginas
...broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow. The blow, though turned, came yet too nigb ; It missed his helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 páginas
...broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned...Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. 9. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space ; Then, like a wild-cat mad with wounds,... | |
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