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" With visage grim, stern look, and blackly hued : In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and fire he held, and therewithal He razed towns, and threw down... "
The history of English poetry. To which are prefixed, three dissertations ... - Page 195
by Thomas Warton - 1840
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The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century

Thomas Warton - 1870 - 1044 pages
...hued : In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...therewithal He razed towns, and threw down towers and all : 776 GRISLY FAMINE.— TARGE OF WAR.— DEADLY DEBATE. Cities he sack'd, and realms (that whilom flower'd...
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The History of English Poetry, from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century

Thomas Warton - 1870 - 1070 pages
...GRISLY FAMINE.— TARGE OF WAR.— DEADLY DEBATE. Cities he sack'd, and realms (that whilom flowertt In honour, glory, and rule, above the rest) He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devourM, Consum'd, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceas'd Till he their wealth, their name, and all oppress'd...
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The history of English poetry. A full repr. of ed., London 1778 & 1781

Thomas Warton - 1781 - 1040 pages
...hued : In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...above the rest) He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devourM, Consum'd, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceas'd 'Till he their wealth, their name, and all oppress'd...
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The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language. In ...

John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 pages
...Induction " to the " Mirrour of Magistrates:" That to the hilt was all with blood embrued , And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...held, and therewithal . He razed towns, and threw down tower and hall." Bayard Taylor tells us how the poet in the East finds life and love in every thing...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms roedi Famine and fire he held, and therewithal He razed towns and threw down towers and 1ll Cities he sack'd, and realms (that whilom fio« er'd In honour, glory, and rule, above the rest)...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...hued : In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, an sacked, and realms (that whilom flowered In honour, glory, and rule, above the rest) He overwhelmed,...
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Three centuries of English poetry: selections from Chaucer to Herrick, with ...

Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilt was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and fire he held ; and therewithal He rased towns, and threw down towers and all. GEORGE TURBERVILLE. (iS3o?-iS94?) GEORGE TURBERVILLE was...
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Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections from Chaucer to Herrick

Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilt was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and fire he held ; and therewithal He rased towns, and threw down towers and all. GEORGE TURBERVILLE. (15307-1594?) GEORGE TURBERVILLE was...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...hued: In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...rest) He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devour'd, Consumed, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceased Till he their wealth, their name, and all oppress' d...
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The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 4

James Comper Gray - 1878 - 404 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued), Famine and fire he held, and there withal, He razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sack'd and realms (that whilom...
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