 Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His chine is double ; starting with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow; He bears his rider headlong...  Spelling and dictation class-book - Страница 62по Constable and co, ltd - 1864Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Morgan George Watkins - 1896 - 280 страници
...is unmiftakable : " The fiery courfer, when he hears from far The fprightly trumpets and the fliouts of war, Pricks up his ears and trembling with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promifed fight. On his right moulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at fpeed and dances in the wind.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 страници
...horse. Cow PER : Retirement. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. DODSLEY. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets, and the shout of war, Pricks up his ears, and, trembling with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1898 - 454 страници
...Virgilio también habla del caballo de guerra, en su tercera Geórgica, escrita muchos siglos después : The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war, Pricks up kis ears, and, trembling with delight, Shifts place, and paws, und hopes the promised fight*. El caballo... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1900 - 456 страници
...shouting." Virgil, in his Third Georgic, written many centuries later, again speaks of the war horse : — "The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight. " The war-horses in the frieze of the Parthenon at Athens, now placed in the British Museum as the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 страници
...color * For beauty, dappled, or the brightest I bay: Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war, is z Pricks up his ears; and, trembling with delight, Shifts place, and pawl, and hopes the promis'd... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 страници
...rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war, 131 promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane, reclin'd, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the... | |
 | John Keble - 1912 - 444 страници
...sings the praises of a noble horse seem not inapplicable to the tone and disposition of the poem : The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight.1 For instance, Ulysses addresses Eurymachus at the assembly of the enraged suitors... | |
 | 1914 - 136 страници
...OB. 1 9 ff. Dry den has paraphrased this description of the war-horse somewhat feebly as follows : "The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...Eager he stands,— then, starting with a bound, He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground ; Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow. He... | |
 | 1917 - 944 страници
...give buyers their pick and choice, as has been the custom. THE WAR HORSE. Virgil. The fiery coarser when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd sight. On his right shoulder his thick mane, reclin'd, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the... | |
 | 1919 - 688 страници
...to fight And hero-like to diet — William Mplhentttt PRIMARY EDUCATION January 1919 The War Horse The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...Eager he stands — then, starting with a bound, He turns the turf and shakes the solid ground; Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils Sow, He bears... | |
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