 Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The...  Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 119by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pages
...conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly1 sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch :... | |
 | American fiction - 1818 - 278 pages
...as if to forbid their pursuit. rushed from the apartment. > • CHAP. V. "From camp to camp, thro' the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds. That the fixed centinels may almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch. Fire answers fire, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, ami the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night,...Each battle sees the other's umber'd face : Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents, The... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...mown hay Gives it a sweet and wholesome odor. . How awful is this pi om ! and hark ! From camp to camp The hum of either army stilly sounds. That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret -whisper of each, other's watch ! Steed threatens s.eed in high and boasting neighing*. Piercing the... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...mown hay Gives it a sweet and wholesome odor. How awful is this gl om \ and hark \ From camp to camp The hum of either army stilly sounds. That the fix'd sentinels almost receive -The secret whisper of each other's watch \ Steed threatens s-.eed in high and boasting neighing*, Piercing the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1821 - 466 pages
...which, I know not if there is a single sound more strikingly sublime. One can scarcely mention asound less productive of the sublime, than the sound of...other's watch. Fire answers fire, and through their paly flame* Each battle sees the other's umber' d face ; Steed answers steed in high and boastful neighs... | |
 | English literature - 1838
...how soon their brags should be blown away." t Let us now hear Shakspeare's description : — " Cho. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night,...The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd centinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch : Fire answers fire ; and through... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 498 pages
...conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe 6. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds 7, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch 8 : 6 Fills the... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...description of the poet on a similar occasion. The hum of either nmiy stilly sounds, Tlml the fis'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each...watch : Fire answers fire; and through their paly " :—From camp to cmnp, flames « Each battle sees tne other's umber'd face : Steed threatens steed,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...means no more than Jires in the respective quarters of the Roman army. STEEVENS. So, in Henry V. : " Fire answers fire : and through their paly flames " Each battle sees the other's umberd face." MALONE. 8 The CERTAINTY of this hard life ;] That is, the certain consequence of this hard life. MALONE.... | |
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