 | English literature - 1755 - 694 pages
...got to the place where (I had heard fome days caps and long beards ; and direftly in the front Hood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We may fuppofe him to be the Roman centurion. From behind the purple hangings came out about twenty little purple-veiled winged boys,... | |
 | George Whitefield - Presbyterian Church - 1771 - 524 pages
...front of the ftage, flood two centinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and directly in the front flood another yet more formidable, with...target in his hand. We may fuppofe him to be the Roman centurion, To compleat the fcene, from behind the purple hangings came out about twenty little purple-vefted... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1772 - 522 pages
...flood two centinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and dircctly in the front ftood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We niay fuppole him to bs the Roman centurion. To coenpleat the feene, from behind the purple hangings... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 362 pages
...stood two sentinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and directly in the front stood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand : we may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...stood two centmels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards; and, directly in the front, stood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand : we may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...stood two sentinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and directly in the front stood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
 | John Gillies - Bookbinding - 1834 - 672 pages
...stood two sentinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and directly in the front stood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1837 - 874 pages
...stood two sentinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and directly in the front stood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
 | Robert Philip - Evangelical Revival - 1838 - 678 pages
...stood two sentinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards; and directly in the front stood another yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
 | Robert Philip - Evangelical Revival - 1838 - 566 pages
...stood two sentinels in buff, with formidable caps and long beards ; and directly in the front stood another, yet more formidable, with a large target in his hand. We may suppose him to be the Roman centurion. To complete the scene, from behind the purple hangings came... | |
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His eyes were fixed on the cross, and his two hands a little extended. On each side, near the front of the... 
