 | English periodicals - 1833 - 598 pages
...in splendid mail. First, the shining greaves he fastened to his legs with silver buckles ; he then adjusted to his breast the cuirass given him, in token...attacking Troy ; ' Ten rows of azure steel the work infold, Twice ten of tin, and twelve of ductile gold ; ' and on each side three azure dragons, resembling... | |
 | Military art and science - 1833 - 598 pages
...in splendid mail. First, the shining greaves he fastened to his legs with silver buckles ; he then adjusted to his ,breast the cuirass given him, in...their ships for the purpose of attacking Troy ; ' Ten TOWS of azure steel the work infold, Twice ten of tin, and twelve of ductile gold; ' and on each side... | |
 | John Yeats - Commerce - 1871 - 514 pages
...shining greaves, with silver buckles bound ; The beaming cuirass next adorned his breast. * * ยป * Ten rows of azure steel the work enfold, Twice ten of tin, and twelve of ductile gold ; Last o'er his brows his fourfold helm he placed, With nodding horsehair formidably graced." POPE.... | |
 | William Henry Poole - Anglo-Israelism - 1889 - 704 pages
...tin the enclosure grace." Homer also described the soldier's coat of arms : " Ten rows of azure still the work enfold, Twice ten of tin, and twelve of ductile gold." Again : "The shields completed vast and strong, A breastplate, dazzling bright as names of fire forged,... | |
 | William Gordon MacKendrick - Anglo-Israelism - 1921 - 310 pages
...tin the enclosure grace.' Homer also describes the soldiers' coat of arms: 'Ten rows of azure still the work enfold Twice ten of tin and twelve of ductile gold.' Again : 'The shields completed vast and strong A breastplate dazzling bright as flames of fire forged... | |
 | Military art and science - 1833 - 632 pages
...himself in splendid mail. First, the shining greaves he fastened to his legs with silver buckles; he then adjusted to his breast the cuirass given him, in token...in their ships for the purpose of attacking Troy; ACHILLES, poising himself in the new Vulcanian arms, which, " light as feathers, seemed to raise into... | |
 | John Yeats - Commerce - 1887 - 578 pages
...In shining greaves, with silver buckles bound ; The beaming cuirass next adorned his breast. * * * * Ten rows of azure steel the work enfold, Twice ten of tin, and twelve of ductile gold ; Last o'er his brows his fourfold helm he placed, With nodding horsehair formidably graced." POPE.... | |
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Greeks to arm, while at the same time lie arrayed himself in splendid mail. First, the shining greaves he fastened to his legs with silver buckles ; he then adjusted to his breast the cuirass given him, in token of friendship, by Cinyras, when fame had... 