 They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust...  Progressive Exercises in English Composition - Page 216by Richard Green Parker - 1873 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to the breach, ami the pass is disputed hand to hand and man to man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1820 - 340 pages
...of arms which adorn the chivalrous pages of Froissart took place at the barriers of besieged places. defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press....man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pages
...slain.—They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in—they are thrust back !— Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above...man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 328 pages
...—They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to'the breach, and the pass is disputed hand to hand and man to man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
...They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in— they are thrust back !— Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders ; I see his gigantic form above...press. They throng again to the breach, and the pass is diaruted hand to nand, and man to man. God of Jacob I it is the meeting of two fierce tides— the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 576 pages
...They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above...of two fierce tides — the conflict of two oceans maved by adverse winds!" She turned her head from the lattice, as if unable longer to endure a sight... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...slain. They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in— they are thrust back? Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above...man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-deBceuf heads the defenders ; I see his gigantic form above...the pass is disputed hand to hand, and man to man. It is the meeting of two fierce tides — the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds !" She... | |
 | Thomas Hewitt Key - 1846 - 428 pages
...the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers! they rush in! they are thrust back! Frontde-Bceuf heads the defenders; I see his gigantic form above...the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." Such a use of the true present can only be looked for in dramatic writing. The historic present, as... | |
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