 | Thomas Carlyle - German literature - 1838 - 468 pages
...'standing at the gate of Damascus, glittering in steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder,' till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new...havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, the sun of manhood seemed setting in seas of blood. Yet, it might be, on that very gala-day of Tamerlane,... | |
 | Henry Winsor - United States - 1839 - 250 pages
...Tacit. Annal. xv. 44. gate of Damascus, glittering in steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder'till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new...havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, the sun of manhood seemed setting in seas of blood. Yet, it might be, on that very gala-day of Tamerlane,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...' standing at the gate of Damascus, glittering in steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder,' till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new...havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, the sun of manhood seemed setting in seas of blood. Yet, it might be, on that very gala-day of Tamerlane,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1840 - 632 pages
...glittering with steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder, till the fierce hosts filed to new victories and carnage, the pale on-looker might have fancied that Nature was in her throes—for havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, and the sun of manhood seemed setting... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester Reynolds - Christian life - 1851 - 350 pages
...gate of Damascus, glittering in steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder,' till his fierce hosts had filed out to new victories and new carnage, — the...havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, — the sun of Manhood seemed setting in seas of blood. Yet, it might be, on that very gala-day of... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 590 pages
...seen " standing at the gate Damascus, glittering, in steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder," till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new...havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, the sun of manhood seemed setting in seas of blood. Yet, it might be, on that very gala-day of Tamerlane,... | |
 | 1852 - 448 pages
...standing at the gate of Damascus. glittering in his steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder, till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new carnage, the pale looker-on might have fancied that nature was in her death throes ; for havoc and despair had taken... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1856 - 708 pages
...standing at the gate of Damascus, glittering in lii - steel, with his battleaxe on his shoulder, till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new carnage, the pale looker-on might have fancied that nature was in her death-throes ; for havoc and despair had taken... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...PRESS. shoulder, till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and car nage, the pale looker-on might have fancied that Nature was in her death-throes...the earth, and the sun of manhood seemed setting in a sea of blood 2. Yet it might be on that very gala-day of Tamerlane that a little boy was playing... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
..." standing at the gate Damascus, glittering, in steel, »itb his battle-axe on his shoulder," till his fierce hosts filed out to new victories and new carnage, the pale onlooker might have fancied taat Nature was in her death-throes ; for havoc and despair bad taken possession of the earth, tie... | |
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When Tamerlane ha'd finished building his pyramid of seventy thousand human skulls, and was seen "standing at the gate of Damascus, glittering in steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder... 
