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...Homer by Virgil is often so translated as Scaliger conceives there is the armour of Hercules most puissant on the backe of Bacchus most delicate: an... ...yes at hand, when ever need shall be, as gloriously in a doublet as in an armour; in a cabinet as in a campe; the arme held downe, as lifted up. A w... ...manner was as if they had beene vaulters, leading two horses with them in armour to leap from their tired horse to the fresh-one, even in the hottes... ...a produci, obsides dari jubat: (Cæs. Comment. vii.) He commands all their armour should be brought forth, all their cattell should be driven out, an... .... Dec. i. 10.). 'Their bodies most impatient of labour could hardly beare armour on their backes.' Divers Nations, as they did in former times, so ye... ...h empaire their reputation. If any man chance to be slaine for want of an armour, there are as many more that miscarry with the over-heavy burthen o... ...at- armes with all his bards. Plutarke reporteth that Demetrius caused two armours to be made, each one weighing six score pounds: one for himselfe, ... ...r Alcinus, the chiefe man of war that was next to him: whereas all common armours weighed but three score. Table of Contents. Renascence Edit... ...eed sing. Nor seeke they divers coats, as divers seasons bind. Lastly no armour need they, nor high-reared wall Whereby to guard their owne, since ...

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...nt he fell insensible below the table. Northmour and I had each run to the armoury and seized a gun. Clara was on her feet with her hand at her throat... ...urniture: only some gold plate on a sideboard; some folios; and a stand of armour between the windows. Some smart tapes- try hung upon the walls, repr... ...say you’ve seen dead men in your time, my lord?” he added, glancing at the armour. “Many,” said the old man. “I have followed the wars, as you imagine... ...ust then began to double the pace in pursuit, with a considerable clank of armour, and great tossing of the torchlight to and fro in the narrow jaws o... ...a bell began to ring loudly in the interior of the house; and a clatter of armour in the corri- dor showed that the retainers were returning to their ...

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...nd with various trophies of the house of Om- nium; banners were there, and armour; the sculptured busts of many noble progenitors; full-length figures...

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...lus The Iliad: Book XVII The Seventh Battle, for the Body of Patroclus.—The Acts of Menelaus The Iliad: Book XVIII The Grief of Achilles, and New Armour Made Him by Vulcan The Iliad: Book XIX The Reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon The Iliad: Book XX The Battle of the Gods, and the Acts of Achilles The Iliad: Book XXI The Battle in the River Scamander The I...

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... come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border. 22 And they rose up early in t... ...you, and there are with you chari ots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour; 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and se... ... gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his h...

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...portraits, representing the forefathers of the Belling ham lineage, some with armour on their breasts, and others with stately ruffs and robes of pea... ... relic, but of the most modern date; for it had been manufactured by a skilful armourer in London, the same year in which Governor Bellingham came ove... ...tatesman and ruler. Little Pearl, who was as greatly pleased with the gleaming armour as she had been with the glittering frontispiece of the house, s... ...weet, tremulous, but powerful, insomuch that the hall re echoed and the hollow armour rang with it — “truth in what Hester says, and in the feeling wh... ...ck to her former mood by the shimmer of the sunshine on the weapons and bright armour of the military company, which followed after the music, and for...

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...d her of many coloured webs and of silken carpets, the glittering steel of armour damascened, and of barbaric, price less gems. The splendour of the ... ...had shown him that the walls of the hall were decorated with all manner of armour, ancient swords of Eastern handiwork, barbaric weapons from central ...

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...celestial life. Then, too, Genius appears clad in a panoply of translucent armour, grasping in his hand the whole terrestrial surface, and making ever... ... and the vast hall, adorned with trophies—with marble busts from Italy and armour from Wardour Street—was thronged with gentlemen and ladies, and gave... ...you satisfied to be a castaway after you have taken upon yourself Christ’s armour? If you will say so, I am mistaken in you, and will go my way. ’ The... ...s became one who fights upon earth that battle for which he had put on the armour. Over and over again, did he think of those words of Mr Crawley, and...

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...use romantic comedy, involving, at various times: a disastrous talent quest, a lawyer with a revolver, a bulldog with a mind of his own and a suit of armour! The maid, or marriageable young woman, of the American title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina Billie Bennet. The three men are Bream Mortimer, a long-time friend and admirer of Billie, Eustace Hignett, a poet of s...

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...the faces of their relieving troops. Not, that these were fresh, either. The 5th company was equipped and trained for fire support, defence against armoured planetary tanks and basic anti-jet capabilities. They had come with their field artillery and were supplied with self-guided missiles and a new batch of war drones and fighter robots. Their previous set of bots and d...

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...the faces of their relieving troops. Not, that these were fresh, either. The 5th company was equipped and trained for fire support, defence against armoured planetary tanks and basic anti-jet capabilities. They had come with their field artillery and were supplied with self-guided missiles and a new batch of war drones and fighter robots. Their previous set of bots and d...

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...to draw. One day, Lorenzo showed the Princess a portrait of a young man in armour, with fair hair and the loveliest blue eyes, and an expression at on... ...ining steel helmet, a cuirass, a pair of spurs, finally a complete suit of armour. The books on Giglio’s shelves were all gone. Where there had been s... ... fling him into the circus! Give him a sword and buckler, let him keep his armour on, and his weather-eye out, and fight these lions.’ The haughty Hog... ...and a Herald rode in at the further end of the circus: the Knight, in full armour, with his vizor up, and bearing a letter on the point of his lance. ... ... to the field of battle! The Fairy had provided King Giglio with a suit of armour, which was not only embroidered all over with jewels, and blind- ing... .... W ere I engaged in fighting for my country, I should like such a suit of armour as Prince Giglio wore; but, you know, he was a Prince of a fairy tal... ...fairy tale, and they always have these wonderful things. Besides the fairy armour, the Prince had a fairy horse, which would gallop at any pace you pl... ...rritated. ‘If,’ says he to Giglio, ‘you ride a fairy horse, and wear fairy armour, what on earth is the use of my hitting you? I may as well give myse...

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...ets, and a steel breastplate, had not been esteemed a sufficient weight of armour; there were also his triangular shield sus- pended round his neck, a... ... was thus far useful that it excluded the burning rays of the sun from the armour, which they would otherwise have rendered intolerable to the wearer.... ...et was unadorned with any crest. In retaining their own unwieldy defensive armour, the North- ern Crusaders seemed to set at defiance the nature of th... ... uniting in front with a species of breastplate, and behind with defensive armour made to cover the loins. Then there was a steel axe, or hammer, call... ...many places. The seventh shaft apparently found a less perfect part of the armour, and the Christian dropped heavily from his horse. But what was the ... ...augmented the distress of the Christian’s horse, heavily loaded by his own armour and the weight of his rider, that the latter jumped from his saddle,... ...ors—upon battles, upon beautiful women, upon sharp swords, and upon bright armour.” CHAPTER III. THE WARRIORS arose from their place of brief rest and... ...n—some have fallen in battle—several have died of dis- ease—and one trusty armour-bearer, for whose life I am now doing my pilgrimage, lies on the bed... ...eaves, and spread with an antelope’s hide. It seemed, from the articles of armour laid beside it, and from a crucifix of silver, carefully and rev- er...

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... is it still possible that a pin’s point has got through the joints of the armour of a man 21 George Meredith like me? Elizabeth quitted my side with...

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... is repre- sented as the foreground of the picture in his forked beard and armour. Out of his waistcoat, as usual, grows a tree, on the main branches ...

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...ndows, and was called the Lounge, although it was really a hall. Hung with armour and native embroideries, furnished with di- vans and screens, which ...

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... to her visitor that whether or no the angels came down to her in glittering armour, she struck her as the only person she had yet encountered who had...

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... an old and gloomy hall, whose walls were orna mented with rusty suits of armour, antlers, weapons of the chase, and suchlike garniture. Here he paus...

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...r, now are we mischieved both Madam, said Sir Launcelot, is there here any armour within your chamber, that I might cover my poor body withal? An if t... ...tint their malice, by the grace of God. Truly, said the queen, I have none armour, shield, sword, nor spear; wherefore I dread me sore our long love i... ...s I never bestead, that I should be thus shamefully slain for lack of mine armour. But ever in one Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred cried: Trai- tor-knig... .... And now I had liefer than to be lord of all Christendom, that I had sure armour upon me, that men might speak of my deeds or ever I were slain. Trul... ...elot, God defend me from such a shame, but Jesu be Thou my shield and mine armour! CHAPTER IV How Sir Launcelot slew Sir Colgrevance, and armed him in... ...th help of the queen and her ladies was lightly armed in Sir Colgrevance’s armour. And ever stood Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred crying: Trai- tor-knig... ... we found him unarmed, and there he slew Colgrevance, and armed him in his armour; and all this he told the king from the beginning to the ending. Jes... ...Arthur to Sir Gawaine: Dear nephew, I pray you make you ready in your best armour, with your brethren, Sir Gaheris and Sir Gareth, to bring my queen t... ...lords and ladies, but there were but few in comparison that would bear any armour for to strength the death of the queen. Then was there one that Sir ...

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... do your best, and as I can, said La Beale Isoud, I shall purvey horse and armour for you at my device. As ye will so be it, said Sir Tramtrist, I wil... ...that ye draw not to her. Also this twelvemonth and a day that ye bear none armour nor none harness of war. Now promise me this, or here shalt thou die... ...nish knight should overcome me. And then for despite Sir Ector put off his armour from him, and went on foot, and would not ride. CHAPTER XX How King ... ...my lady, and myself to do battle, if it be so I may have my horse and mine armour. Sir, said that knight, undertake that your desire shall be sped rig... ... Sir Tristram, and fetched him out and his lady, and brought him horse and armour that was his own, and bade him make him ready to the field, for all ... ...hey durst none otherwise do; and then Sir Nabon lent Sir Lamorak horse and armour at Sir Lamorak’s desire, and Sir Lamorak jousted and did such deeds ... ...stram heard that, he stepped forth and said: Nabon, lend me horse and sure armour, and I will have ado with thee. Well, fellow, said Sir Nabon, go tho...

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... of thee; and withdraw 45 Le Morte Darthur – Book Ten thee and take thine armour, that thou were gone. Sir Lamorak saw there was none other bote, but... ...rn wherethrough he should flee into a garden, and there he should find his armour and his horse. When the day came that was set, thither came the Earl... ...elded him. So then Alisander made both those knights to swear to wear none armour in a twelvemonth and a day. Then Sir Alisander alighted down, and we... ... And as he was departed, Sir Launcelot disguised himself, and put upon his armour a maiden’s garment freshly attired. Then Sir Launcelot made Sir Gali... ...d succoured them, and they [knew] not him, because he was changed into red armour: and all this while Sir Launcelot was away. So when La Beale Isoud k... ...ut when Sir Palomides understood and wist that Sir Tristram was in the red armour, and on a red horse, wit ye well that he was glad, and so was Sir Ga... ...thur – Book Ten CHAPTER LXXVI How Sir Palomides changed his shield and his armour for to hurt Sir Tristram, and how Sir Launcelot did to Sir Tristram.... ...from the field. Sir knight, said Sir Palomides, I pray you to lend me your armour and your shield, for mine is over-well known in this field, and that... ... in this field, and that hath done me great damage; and ye shall have mine armour and my shield that is as sure as yours. I will well, said the knight...

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...es; and there he thought to 33 Le Morte Darthur – Book Eighteen assay his armour and his spear, for his hurt or not. And so when he was upon his hors...

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...im so with her fondling that he romped very well with her, although he was armour-plated ready for battle; but when the game was over he still refused...

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... anything like the same inspiring weather, the same nights of uproar, men in armour rolling and resounding down the stairs of heaven, the rain hissing...

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...s have done much. Already the phalanx of the enemy is pierced, already his armour is dinted. Pledged as were your commissioners to an average ten per ... ...atues we raise to her as a beautiful woman, crowned, victorious, in bright armour and white robes, a light in her uplifted hand—a serene, calm, conque...

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... T uppy.’ Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all. The shaft had reached him, pen etrated through his phil...

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...ool-like: mystery! Tut, an the lad were noble, he had asked For horse and armour: fair and fine, forsooth! Sir Fine-face, Sir Fair-hands? but see th... ...ly wrapt in hardened skins That fit him like his own; and so ye cleave His armour off him, these will turn the blade. ’ Then the third brother shou... ... ’ And Gareth hearing ever stronglier smote, And hewed great pieces of his armour off him, But lashed in vain against the hardened skin, And could not... ...nd the hot hiss And bustling whistle of the youth who scoured His master’s armour; and of such a one He asked, ‘What means the tumult in the town?’ 5... ...ho answered gruffly, ‘Ugh! the sparrow-hawk. ’ Then riding further past an armourer’s, Who, with back turned, and bowed above his work, Sat riveting a... ...or the night? And arms, arms, arms to fight my enemy? Speak!’ Whereat the armourer turning all amazed And seeing one so gay in purple silks, Came for... ...er than a beaten hound; Come, we will slay him and will have his horse And armour, and his damsel shall be ours. ’ Then Enid pondered in her heart,... ... and heard them boast That they would slay you, and possess your horse And armour, and your damsel should be theirs. ’ 63 Idylls of the King He ma... ...im, Stript from the three dead wolves of woman born The three gay suits of armour which they wore, And let the bodies lie, but bound the suits Of armo...

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...been known at Athens as professors of rhetoric and of the art of fighting in armour. To this they have now added a new accom- plishment the art of Eri... ...are invincible in every sort of warfare; for they are capital at fighting in armour, and will teach the art to any one who pays them; and also they ar... ...now about the array and command of an army, and the whole art of fighting in armour: and they know about law too, and can teach a man how to use the w... ...saying just now, that your chief accom- plishment was the art of fighting in armour; and I used to say as much of you, for I remember that you profess... ...n and Briareus in that way? Considering that you and your companion fight in armour , I thought that you would have known better Here 49 Euthydemus E...

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....] Alexander, the most adventurous captain that ever was, very seldom wore armour, and such amongst us as slight it, do not by that much harm to the m... ...herwise. For, in plain truth, to observe the weight and thick- ness of the armour we have now in use, it seems as if we only sought to defend ourselve... ...tis nothing but the not being used to wear it that makes the weight of our armour so intolerable: “L ’usbergo in dosso haveano, et l’elmo in test... ...her, for being so different from that of the Romans. “They had,” says he, “armour so woven as to have all the scales fall over one another like so man... ...to the motion. One would have said, that they had been men of iron; having armour for the head so neatly fitted, and so naturally representing the for... ... barded horses. Plutarch says, that Demetrius caused two complete suits of armour to be made for himself and for Alcimus, a captain of the greatest no... ...aid this of our Charles V.: “There never was king who so seldom put on his armour, and yet never king who gave me so much to do.” He had reason to thi... ... the reason they have often been seen, be- ing but one or two, and without armour, to attempt against powerful enemies, at the price of a certain deat... ...ave them richly armed, and made them wear en- graved, gilded, and damasked armour, to the end that the care of saving it might engage them to a more o...

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...t a change had come over their dwelling. Sometimes, there was the clash of armour, and the gleaming of the moon on caps of steel; and, at others, jade... ... after this, a mournful silence fell upon it, and knight or lady, horse or armour, was seen about it no more. ‘There was a sullen darkness in the sky,... ...s buried on a plain whereof the turf is red with blood. Rusty fragments of armour, once brightly burnished, lie rotting on the ground, and are as litt... ... coffin handles. His legs, too, were encased in coffin plates as though in armour; and over his left shoulder he wore a short dusky cloak, which seeme...

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...thought to take vengeance upon the sin ner. So straightway he leap in his armour from his chariot to the ground. But when godlike Alexandros marked h... ...He biddeth the other Trojans and all the Achaians to lay down their goodly armour on the bounteous earth, and himself in the midst and Menelaos dear t... ...amemnon son of Atreus, but broader of shoulder and of chest to behold? His armour lieth upon the bounteous earth, and himself like a bell wether range... ...sat them down by ranks where each man’s high stepping horses and inwrought armour lay. And upon his shoulders goodly Alexandros donned his beau teous... ...rmour lay. And upon his shoulders goodly Alexandros donned his beau teous armour, even he that was lord to Helen of the lovely hair. First upon his l... ...ng spear fitted to his grasp. And in like wise warlike Menelaos donned his armour. So when they had armed themselves on either side in the throng, the... ...now, let us too bethink us of impetuous valour.” He spake and leapt in his armour from the chariot to earth, and terribly rang the bronze upon the chi... ...n silence feared they their captains. On every man glittered the inwrought armour wherewith they went clad. But for the Trojans, like sheep beyond num... ...iad of Homer beneath the darts, eager with all speed to despoil him of his armour. Yet but for a little endured his essay; great hearted Agenor saw hi...

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... ready betimes and I shall be she that shall deliver you and take you your armour and your horse, shield and spear, and hereby within this ten mile, i... ... ready; then she brought him out of twelve locks, and brought him unto his armour, and when he was clean armed, she brought him until his own horse, a... ..., as I am true knight. Then all those knights sought the house thereas the armour was, and then they armed them, and every knight found his own horse,... ...t arose early, and left Sir Kay sleeping, and Sir Launcelot took Sir Kay’s armour and his shield, and armed him, and so he went to the stable, and too... ...arose Sir Kay and missed Sir Launcelot. And then he espied that he had his armour and his horse. Now by my faith I know well that he will grieve some ... ...old, and deem that it is I, and that will beguile them. And because of his armour and shield I am sure I shall ride in peace. And then soon after depa... ...swooned as though she would die. And therewithal Sir Launcelot gat all his armour as well as he might, and put it upon him for dread of more resort, f... ... Sir Uwaine, Sir Sagramore, Sir Ector de Maris, saw Sir Launcelot in Kay’s armour, then they wist well it was he that smote them down all with one spe...

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...us) Of the ‘Star Chamber’ than of ‘Habeas Corpus.’ Generals, some all in armour, of the old And iron time, ere lead had ta’en the lead; Othe... ...s. Great things were now to be achieved at table, With massy plate for armour, knives and forks For weapons; but what Muse since Homer ‘s able...

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...ements and weapons in general; but while deep in some points of chivalrous armour, Mary’s waist was pinched by two mischievous hands, and a little flu...

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...; something,” said he, “like what I have seen in a picture. Sure it is not armour, is it?” Jones answered, “That is the ghost.” To which Par tridge r...

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...th the custom of the time set up a figure and image of the goddess in full armour, to be a testimony that all animals which associ- ate together, male...

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...olumes, as have now well nigh made all other books unsaleable, should not be armour enough against one single Enchiridion, without the castle of St. A... ...eet, so long as in that notion they may yet serve to polish and brighten the armoury of Truth, even for that respect they were not utterly to be cast ...

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...ed in a penny ball, according to their custom. In the same set danced Jean Armour, the mas- ter-mason’s daughter, and our dark-eyed Don Juan. His dog ... ... was an ex- ecrable match for any well-to-do country lass; and perhaps old Armour had an inkling of a previous attachment on his daughter’s part. At l... ...ad been wrung from his pity was now publicly thrown back in his teeth. The Armour family preferred disgrace to his connection. Since the prom- ise, be... ...uence now happened thickly in the poet’s life. His book was announced; the Armours sought to sum- mon him at law for the aliment of the child; he lay ... ...and fate. In June, we find him back at Mauchline, a famous man. There, the Armour family greeted him with a “mean, servile compliance,” which increase... ... Hallowe’en – ‘in to mysel’.’ “ Arrived at Mauchline, Burns installed Jean Armour in a lodg- ing, and prevailed on Mrs. Armour to promise her help and... ...e 7th of April, seventeen days later he had already de- cided to make Jean Armour publicly his wife. A more astonishing stage-trick is not to be found... ...rdent power of sympathy that was fatal to so many women, and, through Jean Armour, to himself at last. His humour comes from him in a stream so deep a...

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...eart; nor yet, to his own sore cost, that virtue of frugality which is the armour of the artist. Now, in the Vicomte, he had much to do with the conte...