 ... 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 of two fierce tides the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds she...  Progressive Exercises in English Composition - Page 214by Richard Green Parker - 1871 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 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...the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds I" She turned her head from the lattice, as if unable longer to endure a sight so terrible. " Look... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...Rebecca ; " I see him now : he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbacan.* They pull down the piles and + palisades; they hew...the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds : " and she turned her head from the window, as if unable longer to endure a sight so terrible. 6.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...said Rebecca; "I see him now: he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbacan. They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down...the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds:" and she turned her head, from the window, as if unable longer to endure a sight so terrible. 6. Speedily... | |
 | Thomas Hewitt Key - 1858 - 474 pages
...slain. 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...disputed hand to hand and man to man. God of Jacob 1 it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." Such... | |
 | Ernest Adams - 1862 - 310 pages
...slain. 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 conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." (2) It is employed by writers of animated narrative to describe past events, and is then called the... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! Front-de-Boauf heads the defenders ; I see his gigantic form above...the pass is disputed hand to hand, and man to man. It is like the meeting of two fierce tides — the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds !... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...slain. They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in—they are thrust back! Front-dcBoeuf 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 turned... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust 25 back! — Front-de-Boenf 0 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 ! " 30... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust 25 back! — Front-dc-Boeuf ° heads the defenders; — I see his gigantic form above...and the pass is disputed hand to hand, and man to maa It is the meeting of two fierce tides — the conflict of two oceans, moved by adverse winds !... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 366 pages
...They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bo3uf heads the defenders ; I see his gigantic form above...again to the breach, and the pass is disputed hand to * Every Gothic castle and city had, beyond the outer-walls, a fortification composed of palisades,... | |
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