 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...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 77by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 404 pages
...who, with never-failing bounty, "giveth them their meat in due season." itot f 0ms ana 10rs«ns|ip. " THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war. Pricks up hia ears, and trembling with delight. Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promised fight. " * * *... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - 136 pages
...taking a straight course, I will try and follow." Example is better than precept. . X. THE WAR-HORSE. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind ; • Eager he stands, then, starting with a bound, He spurns the turf and shakes the solid ground... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...WHITE. HOPES. Fresh hopes are hourly sown In furrow'd brows. Night Thoughts, II. Line 437. EDWARD YOUNG. The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...with delight, Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd fight ; On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...? Punish a body which he could not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? THE WAR-HORSE. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. Eager he stands : then, starting with a bound, He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground ; Fire... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? THE WAR-HORSE. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. Eager he stands : then, starting with a bound, He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground ; Fire... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1867 - 1256 pages
...pay." I think that point will be remembered, as having been pretty thoroughly settled yesterday. " The fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...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... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...to touch the captive in her net, And drags the little wretch in triumph home. Dryden. THE WAR-HORSE. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly...reclined Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. Eager he stands, — then, starting with a bound, He turns the turf, arfd shakes the solid ground.... | |
 | Charles Collyns Walkey - 1868 - 76 pages
...them it 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
...rapid step 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...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... | |
 | Charles Edward Whitcombe - 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... | |
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