 | 1870 - 158 страници
...of a wild and extraordinary character : — • " As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds ; before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close with feats of arms. From either end... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 страници
...rapid wheels, or fronted brigads form. As when to warn proud cities war appears Waged in the troubl'd sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van 535 Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1913 - 502 страници
...Milton probably had these lines in mind when he wrote: 'As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds.' — Paradise Lost, II, 533-535. In Rankes and Squadrons, and right forme of Warre 25 Which drizel'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 страници
...wheels, or fronted brigads form ; — As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Wag'd in the troubl'd sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds ; before each van ' 535 Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears, Till thickest legions close ; with feats... | |
 | John Milton - 1872 - 568 страници
...armies rush iTo battle in the clouds, before each van ~t, t^^-f.^-. 535 "2 /IU, .^tfPrick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears ^Till thickest legions close; with feats of arms jf^. 4 From either end of Heav'n the welkin burns. Others with vast Typhoean rage more fell Rend up... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 136 страници
...the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van 535 Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 страници
...goal iVith rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Vag'd en of mine own love's might. 0 let 'rick forth the aery knights, and couch their spearc ill thickest legions close ; with feats of arms... | |
 | John Milton - 1880 - 336 страници
...the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in...spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms Vom either end of heaven the welkin burns. Others with vast Typhcean rage more fell Rend up both rocks... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1879 - 132 страници
...whereas " infeslus always signifies some outward opposition or attack." Compare Milton, PL 11. 536, "Before each van Prick forth the aery knights and couch their spears Till thickest legions close." 584. adversi spatiis] Milton's " Or fronted brigades form," ib. 532. spatia would have been called... | |
 | John Milton - 1879 - 216 страници
...goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form : As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds ; before each van 535 Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of... | |
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Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 530 Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each... 
