...heroic ago of Greece ; either grave and religious, or martial and athletic : such as priests * ' On they move, In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders, fjch as raised To highth of nobles temper heroes old, Arming for battle, and, instead of rage, Deliberate...

...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 arid soft recorders; such as raised To heighth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to bat tel ; and,...

...fallen angels in hell — 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 taken...

...just criticism on Milton, because in his Paradise Lost, he represents Satan and his host, as moving, " In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders," — " to soft pipes that charm'd Their painful steps," &c. The Germans have a proverb to the effect...

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

...Scudder's balcony. THE RECORDER. 6 THE RECORDER. A PETITION. BY THOMAS CASTALY. Dec. 20, 1828. " On they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft RECORDERS." Milton " Live in Settles numbers one day more !" Pope. MY dear RECORDER, you and I Have floated down...

...spears ; and thronging helms A ppear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable ; k z > 5 + ; such as rais'd To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage Deliberate...

...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 noblest temper heroes old , Arming to battle ; and, instead of rage,...

...fallen angels in hell — 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"— Book L 1. 550 ; all this human pomp and circumstance of war — is magic and overwhelming illusion....

...close of the first book of his Paradise Lost, where he represents the legions of Satan as moving " in perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood of flutes and soft recorders," " soft pipes that charmed their painful steps," &c., &c. useful thoughts ; so that, when the music...