 | Charles Collyns Walkey - 1868 - 76 pages
...should be a descriptive one ; as, The few who made their escape were captured in the end. " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war, Pricks up his ears." 69. In declaratory language, especially if it be prose, the nominative usually stands, in the text,... | |
 | 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...Pricks up his ears, and trembling with delight Shifts pace and paws, and hopes the promised fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane recliu'd, untiles... | |
 | Virgil - 1870 - 550 pages
...The sprightly trumpets, and the shouts of war, I Pricks up his ears ; and, trembling with delight, I Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight. ; On his right shoulder his thick mane reclinM, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His... | |
 | Charles Edward Whitcombe - Agriculture - 1874 - 612 pages
...noose and draw it off the ground, then throw a bag over the animal's head. HORSES. "The fiery Conner, when he. hears from far The sprightly trumpets and...ears, and, trembling with delight, Shifts place, and pawsi and hopes the promised fight ; On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at speed... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...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 promised fight. DRYDEN. A knight of swarthy face, High on a coal-black steed, pursued the chase ; With... | |
 | Virgil - 1877 - 528 pages
...bay : 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...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 promised fight. DRYDEN. A knight of swarthy face, High on a coal-black steed, pursued the chase; With... | |
 | Morgan George Watkins - 1885 - 280 pages
...is unmiftakable : " The fiery courfer, when he hears from far The fprightly trumpets and the fhouts 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.... | |
 | Hiram A. Cutting - 1886 - 416 pages
...For beauty dappled, or the brightest bay; Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets,...fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, Humes at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round. His chine is double... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1886 - 624 pages
...For beauty dappled, or the brightest bay ; Faint white and dun will scarce the rearing pay. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets,...fight. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd Kufflos at speed, mid dances in the wind. Ills horny hoofs are jetty black and mmd. His chine is double... | |
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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. 
