Fiercest among the combatants was Agostino, who three times drove back the crowd as they were approaching the choir, where Savonarola and his immediate friends were still praying.

Fierce was Garry's wrath When he perceived who wronged him.

The fiercest and most dogmatic of controversialists was the most gentle and loving of saints.

Fierce have been the debates and curious the compromises arrived at concerning these debatable points.

Fierce was th' unequal contest, for the soul When rais'd by some high passion's strong controul, 10 New strings the nerves, and o'er the glowing frame Breathes the warm spirit of heroic flame.

The captains and their men set forth in gallant mood, as though they went to a wedding, and so fierce was the attack of the artillery that before long a small breach was made in the fortification, but the defenders fought so well that it was not possible to break through and at length the retreat was sounded.

Fierce was the encounter of the rival birds.

So he found naught his furnace to allay; No quiver of lips, no lighting of kind eyes, Nor rose-flushed cheek; no talk, no lover's play Was deigned him: but as forest-beasts are shy Of hound and hunter, with this wight dealt she; Fierce was her lip, her eyes gleamed ominously.

Meet is it to pursue advantage moderately: fiercest is the madness that springeth from unappeasable desires.

189 Fierce was the fight on the proud Belgians' side, For honour, which they seldom sought before!

Ammalát, seizing the opportunity, struck Shermadán with all his might on the head; and so fierce was the blow, that the dagger was stopped by the teeth of the lower jaw.

A rosebud like a feather bed, Its prickle like a spear; A dewdrop like a looking-glass, A hair like golden wire; The smallest grain of mustard-seed As fierce as coals of fire; A loaf of bread, a lofty hill; A wasp, a cruel leopard; And specks of salt as bright to see As lambkins to a shepherd.

Valor with Valor strove, and died: Fierce was Despair, and cruel was Pride;

They have become so accustomed to catching and whipping negroes, that they are as fierce as tigers.

Sonnino may be compared with Pontus, where Ovid was in exile, and which is thus described by that celebrated author:"The men I meet with are not even worthy of the name; they are more fierce than wolves; have no laws, as with them armed force constitutes justice, and injury rights.

My yearning is as fierce as hate.