...of fpears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and ferried fhields in thick array Of depth immeafurable. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais'd To height of nobleft temper heroes old Arming to battel, and inftead...

...verfes of Milton , who was a diligent reader of Thucydides , are the beft commentary on this battle. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais'd To height of nobleft temper heroes old, Arming to battle; and infleSd...

...verfes of Milton , who was a diligent reader of Thucydides , are the belt commentary on this battle. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais'd To height of nnbleft temper heroes old , Arming to battle; and inftead...

...of Milton , who was a diligent reader of Thucydides , are the beft commentary on this battle. Annn they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders, fuch as rais.d To height of nobleft temper heroes old, Arming to battle; and inftead...

...of fpears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and ferried fhiclds in thick array Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorders ; fuch as rais'd To height of noblcft temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and inltead...

...martial inffrument. We have good authority for either expreffion. See Milton, Book I. P'aradife Loft. " Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and foft recorder." • • \ « religious rite or prejudice, or that the fpirits might be roufed or elevated,...

...of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage, Deliberate...

...the fallen angels in hull— the unfurling of the standard of Satan — and the march of his troops " In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood " Of flutes and soft recorders " — all this human pomp and circumstance of war — is magic and overwhelming illusion. The imagination is...

...spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array, Of depth immeasurable ; anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes, and soft recorders; such as rais'd To height of nohleat temper heroes old Arming to battle; and, instead of rage, Deliberate...

...recorder is a wind-instrument of a soft and melancholy sound. Milton makes the infernal spirits march on In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes, and soft recorders ; vaicb, says he, had the effect - to mitigate and swage With solemn touches, troubled thoughts, and...