 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its lutlc fist. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And dark y looked he at... | |
 | Noble Butler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1874 - 342 pages
...What tender maid but must a victim fall ?" — /bpe. "On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses And shook its little fist"— M aca ulay. "There's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord of melancholy. " — Hood. " No... | |
 | Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...foes, A yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat toward him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 9. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall,... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the housetops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. XXVL But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1875 - 752 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. XXVI. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Anthologies - 1875 - 240 pages
...that rent the firmament' From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spate towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - 380 pages
...place. 9. Not a man of them but stood his ground. 10. On the housetops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. CHAPTER IIL THE ADJECTIVE. 163. The functions of the ADJECTIVE may be performed by other expressions... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 104 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. But the Consul's Lrow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1878 - 240 pages
...yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. XXVI. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall,... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1879 - 298 pages
...breeze but whispers of thy name. ' ' — Proctor. " On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses And shook its little fist."— Macaulay. "There's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord of melancholy."— Hood. "No sycophant... | |
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But when the face of Sextus Was seen among the foes, A yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 
