 | Henry Pownall (of Epsom, Eng.) - Epsom (England) - 1825 - 240 pages
...and he sinelleth the battle " afar off, the thunder of the captains and the *' shouting." " The fiery courser, when he hears from far" " The sprightly trumpets,...with delight, " Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight. " On his right shoulder bis thick mane reclined, " Ruffles at speed, and dances in... | |
 | Virgil - 1825 - 294 pages
...: > Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. > The fiery courser when he hears from far 130 The sprightly trumpets, and the shouts of war. Pricks up his ears . and, trembling with delight, Shirts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd,... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...whereas Virgil professes to treat of the nature of the horse. It is thus admirably translated: The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets,...Pricks up his ears, and trembling with delight, Shifts pace, and paws ; and hopes the promis'd fight* On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd Ruffles... | |
 | Virgil - 1828 - 550 pages
...trumpets, and the shouts of war, Pricks up his ears ; and trembles with delight, Shifts place,and paws.and hopes the promis'd fight. On his right shoulder his...reclin'd, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. 13.' His homy hoofs are jetty black, and round ; His chine is double : starting with abound He turns... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...prey. Drydm. Be civil to the wretch imploring, And lay your paw upon him without roaring. Id. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets...with delight Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight. Id. If lions had been brought up to painting, where you have one lion under the feet... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...Virgil, in his beautiful description of this noble animal, seems to have imitated Job : " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets,...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...ruffled seas, and cleared the skies. Dryden. The rising winds a ruffling gale afford. Id. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war, On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. Id. How many... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...scorns the game by meaner hunters tore, And dips his talons in no vulgar gore ! MBS BABBAULD. THE fiery Courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets,...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight : On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at speed and dances in the... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pages
...seeks " Hector of the glancing helm ;" whereas Virgil treats of the nature of the horse : " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war, Pricks up his cars, and trembling with delight Shifts pace aud paws, and hopes the promised fight. On his right shoulder... | |
 | 1831 - 616 pages
...which is translated with so much spirit by Dryden, seemed in part to be realized here. ' The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets, and the shouts of war, Prirk» up his ears, and trembling with delight, Shifts pace, and. paws, and hope» the vroinis'd fight.... | |
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The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets, and the shouts of war, Pricks up his ears ; and, trembling with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight. 
