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 | John Newton Friend - 1926 - 242 pages
...joyful cry To see the red blood flow. " He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing space ; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. Through teeth, and skull, and helmet So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a hand-breadth... | |
 | 1926 - 780 pages
...thigh: The Tuscans raised a joyful cry XLV He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space, Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face; Through teeth, and skull, and helmet, So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a hand-breadth... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1928 - 204 pages
...joyful cry To see the red blood flow. XLV He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. Through teeth, and skull, and helmet So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a hand-breadth... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 pages
...eagerness to reach the irresistible gallop of He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. The only difficulty is that there is hardly any evidence that such ballads ever existed. Niebuhr belonged... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 2005 - 553 pages
...joyful cry To see the red blood flow. XJLV. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space ; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. Through teeth, and skull, and helmet So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a hand-breadth... | |
 | Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay - 2020 - 220 pages
...cry To see the red blood flow. XLV. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space ; 375 Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face ; Through teeth, and skull, and helmet So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a hand-breadth... | |
 | 216 pages
...a joyful cry To see the red blood flow. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. Through teeth, and skull, and helmet, So fierce a thrust he sped The good sword stood a handbreadth... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...joyful cry To see the red blood flow. XLV. He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing space ; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. Through teeth, and skull, and helmet So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a handbreadth... | |
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