But in ancient warfare its position, and the care bestowed on its walls, rendered it formidably strong against the means of offence which were then employed by besieging armies.

That a single Martial battalion with its appropriate artillery could annihilate the best army of the Earth I could not but be aware; yet the first thought that occurred to me, as I looked on these formidably armed but diminutive soldiers, was that a score of my Arab horsemen would have cut a regiment of them to pieces.

His skin was whiter than the snow that lies Unsullied by the breath of southern skies; 30 Small shining horns on his curled forehead stand, As turned and polished by the workman's hand; His eye-balls rolled, not formidably bright, But gazed and languished with a gentle light.

The siege of Albracca was going on formidably under the command of Agrican, and the city of Galafron was threatened with the loss of the monarch's daughter, Angelica, when Orlando, at his earnest prayer, came to assist him, and changing at once the whole course of the war, threw the enemy in his turn into transports of anxiety.

When she came to tea her face was formidably expressive, nor would she attempt to modify the rancour of those uncompromising features.

The preparations for resistance are being made between the Hôtel de Ville on the one hand, where the members of the Committee are sitting, formidably defended, and the Place Vendôme, crammed with insurgents, on the other.

His distress became formidably acute, till at length his exertions defeated their own object, and from sheer exhaustion he headed back to the camp again.

On the evening of the 7th instant the large round table in the front drawing-room presented a formidably learned appearance, covered with maps, papers, and books, and surrounded with chairs placed at convenient distances for the accommodation of the members of the Geographical Society.

At last Joel found time to begin his course in golf, and almost any day the two lads might have been seen on the links, formidably armed with a confusing assortment of clubs, Outfield quite happy to be exhibiting the science of his favorite sport, and Joel plowing up the sod in a way to cause a green-tender, had there been such a person on hand, the most excruciating pain.

The anchor was, therefore, immediately weighed, and we prepared to receive them as formidably as our means allowed.

His eyes were clear, formidably so.

It brought up to her the taste of black birch, the formidably clean smell of yellow soap, and the rush of summer wind past her ears.

Or had he noticed at once, with those formidably clear eyes of his, some shade of her manner to Felix which she had not been able to command, and was he waiting for some move from her?

But as they neared the house the major's unyielding disposition loomed up formidably.

This feeling, on account of the very large number of persons engaged in distilling, was then formidably strong in Kentucky,all the more so that this form of taxation was a favorite measure of the existing Federal Administration.

Her hands shut hard at her sides, her body seemed to stiffen and rise, then she turned formidably with the fires of slumbering vengeance burning in her wonderful eyesvengeance for her mother, for her lover, for her rescuer, for herselfshe turned slowly toward the cowering nobleman and said distinctly: "I accuse the Baron de Heidelmann-Bruck.

His eyes blazed; his heavy brows drew spasmodically toward each other; his jaws worked, twisting his beard into strange contortions; his massive frame straightened formidably; and his voice rumbled from the arch of his deep chest in a torrent of passionate sound.

Their left flank was apparently bare, but was, in fact, formidably protected in front by a peculiar kind of field-works.

Behold even the remoter shores, A conquering navy proudly spread; The British cannon formidably roars, While starting from his oozy bed, The asserted Ocean rears his reverend head; To view and recognise his ancient lord again: And with a willing hand, restores The fasces of the main.

Coming to the larger mammals, one occasionally sees the long lithe sea leopard, formidably armed with ferocious teeth and doubtless containing a penguin or two and perhaps a young crab-eating seal.

How rapidly the wheel of Fortune turns; The Emperor still is formidably strong.

In one sense this is a far-fetched and rather childish objection, for so much of the history of the finite is as formidably foreign to us as the static absolute can possibly bein fact that entity derives its own foreignness largely from the bad character of the finite which it simultaneously isthat this sentimental reason for preferring the pluralistic view seems small.

The educational excesses of our schools, also, though shared by both sexes, tell much more formidably upon girls, in proportion as they are keener students, more submissive pupils, and are given to studying their lessons at recess-time, instead of shouting and racing in the open air.

The Bridge of Spain is the one most crossed in passing between the old walled city and the newer town that was not walled, but was formidably intrenched where rice swamps were close to the bay.

A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted.