 | Aeschylus - 1833 - 394 pages
...shield, impress'd With this proud argument. A sable sky Burning with stars ; and in the midst full-orb'd A silver moon, the eye of night, o'er all Awful in beauty pours her peerless light. 405 Clad in these proud habiliments, he stands Close to the river's margin, and with shouts Demands... | |
 | William Newton - 1846 - 452 pages
...impress'd With this proud argument. A sable sky Burning with stars : and in the midst, full-orb'd, A silver moon, — the eye of night, o'er all, Awful in beauty, pours her peerless light." " CAPANEUS against th' Electran gates Takes his allotted post, and towering stands, Vast as an earth-born... | |
 | William Sloane Evans - 1854 - 248 pages
...impress' d With this proud argument : — ' A sable sky Burning with stars : and in the midst full orb'd A silver moon ;' — the eye of night o'er all, Awful in beauty, forms her peerless light." 2. CAPANEUS. (""Ex« & arj/ia— HPH2O HOAIN.") [Line 428— 430. | "On... | |
 | William Sloane Sloane-Evans - 1854 - 254 pages
...impress'd With this proud argument : — ' A sable sky Burning with stars : and in the midst full orb'd A silver moon ;' — the eye of night o'er all, Awful in beauty, forms her peerless light." 2. CAPANEUS. ('"Ex« 8e o%a,— nPHSQ ПОЛШ.") [Line 428— 430. | "... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 pages
...tosses to the skies : His mane dishevell'd o'er his shoulders flies." — Hon. II. 1. VI. V. 506. u Like an impatient steed, That pants upon the foaming...signal, Swift at the trumpet's sound to burst away." — ^EscH. Sept. c. Theb. v. 393. " But at the clash of arms, his ear afar Drinks the deep sound and... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 726 pages
...he tosses to the skies : Hia mane dishevell'd o'er his shoulders flies."—HOM. II. 1. VI. V. 506. " Like an impatient steed, That pants upon the foaming...known signal, Swift at the trumpet's sound to burst away."—.33SCH. Sept. c. Theb. v. 393. " But at the clash of arms, his ear afar Drinks the deep sound... | |
 | Reginald Stephen Copleston - 1870 - 220 pages
...impressed With this proud argument. A sable sky Burning with stars ; and in the midst, full-orbed, A silver moon, the eye of night, o'er all Awful in...signal, Swift at the trumpet's sound to burst away. What equal chief wilt thou appoint against him ? " So speaks the soldier, and Eteocles replies : —... | |
 | Richard Simpson (of Lower Clapton.) - 1875 - 768 pages
...shield, impressed With this proud argument. A sable sky Burning with stars ; and in the midst full orb'd A silver moon, the eye of night, o'er all Awful in...waits With fiery expectation the known signal, Swift as the trumpet's sound to burst away. The rude barbarian, from the mines Of Seythia, o'er the lots... | |
 | Reginald Stephen Copleston - 1879 - 236 pages
...impressed With this proud argument. A sable sky Burning with stars ; and in the midst, full-orbed, A silver moon, the eye of night, o'er all Awful in...war, like an impatient steed, That pants upon the foammg curb, and waits With fiery expectation the known signal, Swift at the trumpet's sound to burst... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1886 - 310 pages
...shield, impressed With this proud argument. A sable sky Burning with stars ; and in the midst full-orbed A silver moon, the eye of night, o'er all Awful in...to burst away. Before the Praetian gate, its bars removed, What equal chief wilt thou appoint against him ? ETE. This military pride, it moves not me... | |
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Clad in these proud habiliments, he stands Close to the river's margin, and with shouts Demands the war, like an impatient steed, That pants upon the foaming curb, and waits With fiery expectation the known signal, Swift at the trumpet's sound to burst... 
