 | 1843 - 1266 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low; And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spate towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked hi at the wall,... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose ; On the house-top was no woman But spate towards him, and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist." But the Consul, like a practical man, is thinking, not of Sextus, but of the best means of preventing... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall,... | |
 | 1847 - 758 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-top was no woman But spal towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist, &c. The Romans agree, as the only means of stopping the invaders, to hew down the bridge. " Hew down... | |
 | Cam river - 1851 - 380 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. ' ' / ч"» ni ¡ni xpaivwv Kr]\tói ntcf' Travcrris 'Еката crol 9' a/ua KOIVOVS eßevov ei<j)powi... | |
 | 1853 - 848 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed : No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist But the brow of the consul was sad, and his speech wae very low ; for he discerns that the van of the... | |
 | 1855 - 654 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. "But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain ; And fast his blood was flowing, And... | |
 | 1855 - 670 pages
...yell th&t rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. " But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain; And fast his blood was flowing, And... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist." Nothing can be simpler than the soul-stirring stanzas in •which Horatius offers to defend the pass... | |
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But when the face of Sextus Was seen among the foes, A yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 
