 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 234 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. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Children's Literature, English - 1880 - 240 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. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 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. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - English poetry - 1880 - 408 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 brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 684 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 452 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.... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American ballads - 1883 - 338 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 brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And... | |
 | London readers - 1884 - 216 pages
...seen among the foes, A yell that rent the firmament On the house tops was no woman But spat towards him and hissed, No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 3. But the Consul's* brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 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. 3. 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 - Rome - 1887 - 250 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,... | |
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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. 
