 With orient colours waving: with them rose A forest huge of spears; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array, Of depth immeasurable. Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...  The History of Greece - Page 122by William Mitford - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Henry Pemberton - 1738 - 192 pages
...of fpears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and ferried fhields in thick array Of depth immeafurable. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais'd To height of nobleft temper heroes old Arming to battel, and inftead... | |
 | John Gillies - 1790 - 394 pages
...verfes of Milton , who was a diligent reader of Thucydides , are the belt commentary on this battle. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais'd To height of nnbleft temper heroes old , Arming to battle; and inftead... | |
 | John Gillies - 1790 - 398 pages
...verfes of Milton , who was a diligent reader of Thucydides , are the beft commentary on this battle. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais'd To height of nobleft temper heroes old, Arming to battle; and infleSd... | |
 | John Gillies - 1790 - 404 pages
...of Milton , who was a diligent reader of Thucydides , are the beft commentary on this battle. Annn they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais.d To height of nobleft temper heroes old, Arming to battle; and inftead... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the ^r With orient colours waving : wichtiiem rose oa A/orest huge of spears, and thronging helms Appear'd, and...thick array Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfeft phalanx to the Dorian mood 550 Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as rais'd To height of noblest... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...waving : with them rofc A foreft huge of fpears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and ferried fhiclds in thick array Of depth immeasurable : anon they move...In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders ; fuch as rais'd To height of noblcft temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and inltead... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 454 pages
...martial inffrument. We have good authority for either expreffion. See Milton, Book I. P'aradife Loft. " Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorder." • • \ « religious rite or prejudice, or that the fpirits might be roufed or elevated,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air 545 With orient colours waving. With them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms...Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 550 Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as rais'd To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...opposition to the Most High. Observe the hosts, still angelic, as they march at his bidding ! — ' Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and, instead of rage, Deliberate valour breathed,... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms...mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage, Deliberate valour breathed,... | |
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