| William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 pages
...with fierceness and rage ; neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." And there was a remarkable instance of this in the late Indian war. In a letter from a young... | |
| Tales - 1820 - 560 pages
...with fierceness and rage: neither believcth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert consisted of a beautiful mare; this the... | |
| 1821 - 276 pages
...with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert consisted of a beautiful mare; this the... | |
| 1826 - 558 pages
...in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength ; he goeth out to meet the armed men.' ' He saith among the trumpets, ha ha ! and he smelleth the battle afar off; the thunder of the captains and the shouting.' It would seem that the stock of the horse of Israel has descended to our own time ; would... | |
| 1821 - 506 pages
...ground in fierceness and rage, neither believeth he that it is the scund of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." * Ge.. lib. 1. L 5». t «so. lib Э. L «, 112. Once more, to instance from Milton —... | |
| 1821 - 188 pages
...and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trura. pets, ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting." There is scarcely an Arabian, how poor so. ever, but isprovidod with his horse. They in... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 360 pages
...from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear, and the shield. He swallowed) the ground with fierceness and rage; neither believeth...battle afar off; the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.' ' Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ?' There is a twofold beauty in this expression,... | |
| 1823 - 624 pages
...with fierceness and rage; neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, ha ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting." No Arab, how poor soever he may be, is without his horse; which he treats with as much tenderness... | |
| Thom Scott - 1823 - 578 pages
...with fierceness and rage, neither " believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. " He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he " smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the " captains, and the shouting:"1 But, for such footmen as thou and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy ; nor... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pages
...answers the confused cry of the army by a noise that discovers his joy and courage. He saith among the trumpets, ha! ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off", the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." If the reader compares Homer's and Virgil's admirable descriptions of the horse, he will... | |
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