| 单词 | serried |
| 例句 | The countless dark windows serried close together like ranks of soldiers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This enormous leafy space is filled with a growing number of mostly stone memorials, but their rose garden is a quiet and perfumed patch of riotous colour where serried roses grow from cremation ashes. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z A small aside – Misery tops the serried ranks of Kings for me, and the author didn't even need to resort to monsters or aliens or demons to make it terrifying, just an overweight nurse. Even Stephen King is ill-equipped for time travel 2011-03-10T12:09:22Z A slight, diminutive figure in a beard and peaked cap, he is dwarfed by two giant percussionists, serried ranks of brass and strings, and an array of spectacular monochrome CGI-generated visuals. Woodkid – review 2013-05-15T17:27:39Z It's just that they are readings during which the audience, seated around tables rather than in serried ranks, feel as though they won't be shot if they nip to the bar. What a performance 2010-07-30T23:05:00Z There are serried ranks of wives and lovers and misfits and buttinskies and assorted hangers-on. ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z And yet, from the outside, their success looks a little confusing: why, out of the serried ranks of manufactured British hunks, has the US chosen to clasp cheeky-faced Harry Styles to its bosom? One Direction: Take Me Home – review 2012-11-08T15:30:01Z The mural, depicting serried ranks of coffins draped not with the Stars and Stripes but with the dollar bill, was duly created in early December. Los Angeles museum commissions mural ? then obliterates it 2010-12-19T20:00:02Z The Lower East Side has been made and remade several times since the nineteenth century, when it was an enclave for new immigrants, who crowded into serried, dilapidated tenement buildings. A Quest to Rename the Williamsburg Bridge for Sonny Rollins 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z For one thing, the figures at the Hanyangling tombs are doll-size, and include serried ranks of miniature sheep and goats and cows and pigs, presumably sent into the afterlife as a food source. Cultured Traveler: Feasts for the Eyes, and the Palate, in Xian, China 2014-02-07T19:37:02Z The halves hang on clothes hangers in serried ranks, like clothes at a dry cleaners. Perspective | Store windows along Wisconsin Avenue showcase art with a message 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z “The old Barnes & Noble was serried ranks of bookshelves, most sections arranged A to Z by author,” Daunt says. Column: Barnes & Noble saved itself by putting books first. Imagine that 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z At an exhibition of science fiction art, Nicholls observes “serried ranks of fantasy pictures, nearly unbelievably imaginative in exactly the same kitschy way as each other.” Review | Four books remind us that a bookish life can be so fulfilling 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Across town, the faces of dead soldiers stare out in serried ranks from the walls of St Michael's Cathedral in a memorial that stretches for almost 100m. Ukrainians wait as Russia faces off with the West 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z But it also became a leviathan that focused on one kind of restaurant – those with formal dining rooms, white tablecloths and serried ranks of waiters. The rise and fall of French cuisine 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Minor forms of folk art emerged in the disposition of these bones: serried ranks of femurs, their gleaming lines separated by rows of skulls, all turned eye sockets outward. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Washington was beginning to realize that he was not going to win the war with a grand assault against the serried ranks of redcoats. Perspective | The father of our country didn’t always know best. But he learned and changed. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z There is certainly something extreme about the serried carcasses, blackened by blow torches to burn off the fur, the faces charred in a rictus grin. Asia’s appetite for endangered species is relentless 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Inspectors unwrapped them and found serried rows of bottles. At the Heart of a Vast Doping Network, an Alias 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The US president is due to address the serried ranks of politicians and billionaires on Friday. Trump tax cuts will bring short-term global growth surge, says IMF 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The American whose patriotism and piety aren’t moved by the serried rows of crosses and stars amid vast fields of perfect green is hardly imaginable. How Donald Trump Has Dishonored the Meaning of D-Day 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z If so, it needs to speak up now because the serried ranks of closed government are on the march again. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z At first the police clustered in a serried square; then they chased the anarchists on bikes down an empty street. Behind a Facade of G.O.P. Unity, Frayed Edges Painfully Exposed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The only thing visible between here and Turkey were serried rows of whitecaps. Migrant crisis: Lesbos is microcosm of Europe's difficulties - BBC News 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Fans who had paid handsomely for their seats – especially those in serried ranks in the colours of their team lined up on either side of the court -showed a curious reluctance to sit in them. Andy Murray beats Goffin to seal first Davis Cup for Great Britain in 79 years 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z I began to fancy myself − rather confusingly − as a transgender Mrs Thatcher, propped up on my pillows by dawn's early light, and slowly working my way through serried red ministerial despatch boxes. A Point of View: 'How I learned to embrace my insomnia' - BBC News 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z While the mining giant's problems began long before China moved its serried ranks of polished missile carriers onto the parade ground, it's a measure of just how powerful Chinese demand can be. How China is raining on Glencore's parade - BBC News 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z As dawn broke over Chattanooga, the serried ranks of television satellite trucks, police cars and FBI vehicles were still in evidence outside the recruitment centre on Lee Highway - scene of the first shooting on Thursday. Chattanooga attack: Marines name victims in shootings - BBC News 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Millions of them, from a rack in a closet to giant buildings where the serried ranks of servers cover a million square feet or more. Mesosphere's Data Center Operating System Goes Live For Amazon, Microsoft, OpenStack, More 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Sir Michael also used the interview to express his concern at critics of the education system who he said want "children to be lectured for six hours a day in serried ranks". Ofsted chief 'outraged' by attacks 2014-01-26T04:50:16Z And then, at five o'clock, the rains came, and "reduced the serried ranks to confusion." 20 great Ashes moments No4: Don Bradman records Wisden's best innings, 1937 2013-05-09T09:00:03Z In the second period, Arsenal dredged up sufficient reserves of energy to once again exert control, Swindon serried in their own half. The Joy of Six: League Cup goals 2013-02-22T12:53:42Z It’s used in Homeric Greek translation as the word for pyknos, which means “tightly arrayed”, but why “serried”? Sportsfriends: A Very Different Local, Social and Mobile 2012-12-08T17:04:09Z Actual guilt is the province of those unfortunates who sat jammed in serried rows in Manhattan Criminal Court. Gotham: In the Financial World, a Less Scrupulous Class of Lawbreaker 2012-08-07T02:00:02Z In the case of Wagner the plumed and serried phrases of Liszt recall the r�le played by Marlowe in regard to Shakespeare. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z When the hour of prayer is called by the Muazzin, the spacious quadrangle is invaded by a veritable sea of Believers; their hurrying waves scarcely leaving in the serried ranks the needful space for prostration. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z In an instant, the whole scenery was lit up by the blaze of the guns, which threw also a red and baleful light over the serried ranks, pressing with fixed bayonets to the assault. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The minority formed a serried phalanx, animated by every motive that could purify, discipline, and sustain their zeal. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z As the red light of the torches fell on steel caps and polished hauberks, on the serried ranks of pikemen, and the circle of white-faced townsmen, the picturesque old square looked doubly picturesque. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z Before her the huge passage was lined with people, crowded and crushed in serried ranks, with a narrow space through the middle. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z At last the moment came, and the serried ranks of the fresh warriors rode down upon their unarmed and unsuspecting enemies. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Who says our friends a handful are, Our foes a serried host? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z There was a sail just outshore of it, a little strip of gray canvas that appeared and vanished amidst the serried ranks of tumbling combers. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The smell of the herring is there, of course; the serried rows of steam-trawlers along the quay suggest that this herring fishery is a long way from being so picturesque a business as it was. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Assuredly we can do them more hurt yonder than if we wait until they stand in serried mass face to face with us above. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Only twenty years ago we showed a serried front, and were as one in the cause of freedom; but a little wedge was inserted--and see! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Looking forward through the hooked-back door, he could see the lower yards and serried shrouds of a big iron ship that was lying half-loaded on the Shasta's starboard side. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Beyond it the mists were streaming across the deep valley and crawling filmily athwart the pines that climbed in serried battalions towards the gleaming snow. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z There were flags and pennons, and the serried bayonets wore a warlike look. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Then they caught sight of dark figures flitting among the trees beyond the Spaniards, who had now clearly given up the idea of advancing, and were crowded in a serried mass to meet another foe. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z And where have all my playmates sped, Whose ranks were once so serried? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z No sooner was the king settled, his eyes sweeping the serried ranks of the impis, than an imposing induna stepped out and led them in the royal salute. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The wind, not noticeable hitherto, now murmured towards him from the serried trees that seemed to manufacture darkness out of nothing. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Who would have armed against us, had it been possible, earth and sky, God and the devil, and their serried ranks of saints, both male and female? The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z It was a grand sight, Cracker, for the sun now shone gaily down on their soldiers, in serried ranks of horse and foot. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Then, as the approaching dawn set the wildfowl in motion, the half-lit skies were serried with hurrying files, and the cold air resounded with the cries of the various ducks and geese. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He had not realized the value of those serried rows in the shop until the time had come to do without them. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Krishna: Now and again her eyes to their corners fly, Now and again her filmy robe receives them; Now and again her serried teeth laugh out, Now and again the smile delays upon her lips. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z Frank gazed ahead with straining eyes, but he could only see the great trunks stretching back in serried ranks. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The continuous fusilade of bullets poured into the serried ranks of the Indians at such close range, together with the loss of their leaders impelled the savages to retreat to the hills once more. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z They threw themselves upon the serried ranks of infantry with clubs and staves. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The fearless soldier, who has faced The serried bayonets' gleam appalling, For nothing save a pin misplaced The peaceful nursery has disgraced With hours of unheroic bawling. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Nether tracts by sunlight heated, Show the vines in serried rows, Basking through the drowsy summer Till their rich and generous vintage From the wine-press redly flows. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z They were drawn up now in serried masses, black and threatening. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Overhead a million stars glittered so brightly in the keen air that they seemed suspended just above the serried skyline of the bordering spruces. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z And behind him again was a crowd of neighbours and family friends, and the serried ranks of the farmers and tenants. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z She and her younger companions had been fishing that afternoon, and though Brooke could not see the latter amidst the serried trunks, their voices broke sharply through the stillness of the evening. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Behind their towering leader, amid the blare of bugles and the trumpet's stirring tones, his serried battalions march with waving banners off the stage. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Great, undulating clouds, rolling in serried formation across a sky of pure lapis lazuli. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z By this means the scene of the actual struggle was passed and only the serried rearguard of the defenders was abeam. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z What had happened to the oaks that they seemed drawn up in serried lines to watch her pass, like soldiers at a funeral! Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z He pointed to a forest-covered ridge above the mine, but Brooke, looking up with all his eyes, saw nothing but the serried ranks of climbing pines. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z But whatever the character of the vegetation, whether a tangle of various thorny nightshades, a grove of cecropias, or a serried phalanx of reeds, the terrible razor-grass overran all. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But don’t let me talk of misery now; time enough when it comes, when ces demoiselles shall have joined the serried ranks of their amiable predecessors. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The rapid fire of four magazine rifles would play havoc with the dense serried ranks of bronzed and painted warriors, but still Mr. McKay refrained from making the first advance. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The cabin door shone out, a square of red light against the blackness of the hill and the silent, serried pines beyond. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Streaked with drifting mist, they rolled upwards in serried ranks, and there was apparently timber enough for half the mines in the province. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Death your serried ranks may sweep, Proud shall be the tears we weep, Sacredly our hearts shall keep Memory of your deeds! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z She was alone against many, and her opponents were a serried phalanx; those who were there represented a thousand others. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z “Bang! bang!” they went, and the grape made fearful havoc in the close and serried ranks of the cannibals. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The serried spikes are a phalanx of bayonets planted for resistance of an advancing foe. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z How each flower's face Turns to us o'er the serried rosemary Which guard my lilies from captivity! His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z To their right the high sugar cane, serried and plumed, throbbing mysteriously with small animal life, walled the view. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z I see the same serried ranks of orthodoxy marshalled by bishops and priests, arrayed in all the splendour of prescriptive right, armed with mighty weapons of authority and thunderbolts of Church anathemas. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z The knights began to return in serried ranks to the rampart. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z It was filled with serried ranges of crushed ice, a berg here and there, all in the light of the kindling sky, aglow with purple and blue. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Still, a clamor which broke out at the rear of the camp drowned the sound of Dane's passage, and presently a fire commenced to crackle behind the serried trunks. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z He succeeded in suggesting space, and of maneuvering before the astonished eyes of the entranced spectators a vast mass of men under arms, marching forward resolutely in serried ranks to victory or to death. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z They sought to whittle and would notch the school desks until their edges were serried into a semblance of a cross-cut saw. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z The light of the setting sun streamed in at the windows, throwing its soft gleam upon the serried rows of anxious faces. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Before us, the fifty dogs climbed like cats through narrow apertures of the ice, or took long leaps over the serried battlements that barred our way. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z That white and dazzling expanse consists of nothing less than a mass of the most magnificent narcissus blossoms, growing in serried profusion, distilling in heavy fumes a fragrance of paradise upon the balmy evening air. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Fifteen thousand Frenchmen, with frenzied violence, were to hurl themselves upon the serried ranks of forty thousand foes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Shrapnel tore ghastly lanes through their serried ranks, but other men were instantly forthcoming to fill up the gaps. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The sun suddenly darkened, and, glancing to the westward, Matshaka saw the great bulging thunder-clouds sweeping up in a serried mass. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Terry halted and, with a wave of his hand, invited my attention to that serried bulwark of thorns, prickles and stinging abominations. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z And below me was the beach Where the serried lines of hurrying water Came up like rank on rank of men And fell with a shout on the rocks! Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z To the left the serried masses of drab-clad German infantry still pushed aggressively forward, their guns firing heavily over their heads. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z The immeasurable canopy above the hills was clear and pearly, save a narrow reef of low clouds that anchored over the serried peaks of Southpaw. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The serried ranks were dressed in gorgeous costumes. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z I leaped upon his horse, shouted the ancient war-cry of my house, ‘Saint George for Mandeville!’ and dashed onwards towards the serried array of the Croats, which occupied a little eminence beyond. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Away over the white water they saw a long dark line, serried, by a turn in the route which brought Rupert’s following quarter-flank towards them; saw, and knew it to be that they were after. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The chief uttered a groan as he saw the mulatto pass through the serried line, and stand secure beyond the reach of his vengeance. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z By night his plan was laid; and when the hatches were beaten down and they lay in serried rows in the stinking hold, he went from man to man and told his scheme. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z And let our path through their serried ranks Be the fierce tornado’s track, That bursts from the torrid’s fervid banks And scatters destruction black! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z At length the serried ranks of conservatism falter. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z Of little avail, then, the wisdom and bounty of the few enlightened, when the serried ranks of the masses bar our upward way.... The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z The serried ranks of black insects went on. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z With a slight awkwardness he pulled three oaken chairs from the serried rank they occupied along the wall beneath the high-silled windows. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Death your serried ranks may sweep, Proud shall be the tears we weep— Sacredly our hearts shall keep Memory of your deeds! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z No vestige of improvement had come over Wentworth Street—the narrow noisy market street, where serried barrows flanked the reeking roadway exactly as of old, and where Esther trod on mud and refuse and babies. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Well, I will go—perchance To march and scatter them with serried lance, Perchance to take thy plan. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z And the serried ranks of army ants marched on to the widening furnaces that awaited them. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z He watched eagerly, the white plumes were slowly advancing between the two serried ranks of the soldiery. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z Then the muskets clank through each serried rank, And all is still again. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z And now the heavy wagon had fallen back to its place, and a serried file of muskets peeped over it. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Despite prodigies of intrepidity, his column, as it waded through the stream in serried and compact ranks, was received in front and from the two flanks by a terrific cross-fire of arquebuses and artillery. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z They left the road at the place where it begins to slope downwards, and took a path through the forest of lofty pines in serried ranks which leads round the convent. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z A serried mass of Germans were coming towards the shed. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z All in vain; and as the last square came on he pressed inside its serried wall. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z At sight of the warriors emerging in serried masses from the forest depths, Leoncito growled ominously, and as they approached within bow-shot he sprang to meet them with long leaps. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z This great and invaluable activity of yours, they wisely contended, would be rendered absolutely barren by your entering the serried ranks of a definite political phalanx within the House itself. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z From our point of vantage, we saw that serried host sweep on, my boy, their movements being exceedingly rapid for several yards; when they went slower, and finally stopped. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z He felt the serried ranks slacken as the crowd swung back to this new offender. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z In and out among the serried ranks they flowed and foamed, discharging their pistols and slashing with their sabers, until, discouraged by losses and exhausted by useless exertion, their efforts grew feeble. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z The benches of Parliament face one another like the serried ranks of medieval armies drawn up for the fray. Letter From Europe: The Worry Over British Consensus 2010-03-19T15:20:00Z Contemporaries admired him chiefly as a master of close and serried reasoning; herein Bossuet, the greatest theologian of the age, was quite at one with d’Aguesseau, the greatest lawyer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" What serried ranks! and yet there are some stragglers—some that have hastened on in front, some that have lingered in the rear. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 He thought the old church down the valley lit by the light of the setting sun was very beautiful, but he could not understand the serried ranks of tombstones that lay up the hillside beyond. The Wonderful Visit The spectacle would have been dazzling to any but a soldier: the bright array of gay accoutrements, the glittering bayonets, the waving banners, and the serried ranks. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z At those of the Town Hall there were serried rows of electors, princes of the Church and of the empire, barons, counts, and knights. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Why should not he, six or seven years hence, penetrate the serried forces of Dulford and score a winning try, even as the referee's whistle was lifted to sound 'time'? Sinister Street, vol. 1 The great rooms and the large salon on the corner, overlooking the serried flight of houses and factories toward the river must have cost at least fifteen dollars a day. Making Money They went in serried ranks, like soldiers, shoulder to shoulder, relief and satisfaction reflected in their faces. Yiddish Tales Thus their places in church are getting emptier and emptier, and the day of worship saw their cars stand in serried rows by wayside inns. Stand Up, Ye Dead A serried crowd of strangers and inhabitants, women and servants, old and young, were pressing around his escort, as if there had been an order given to that effect. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The volumes stand in serried ranks at attention, listening eagerly, one may fancy, for the command. The Master's Violin But it was too late; the enemy had already secured the entrance, and it was impossible to force their serried lines. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 They were packed in serried rows; the children almost all cried persistently, except here and there a baby, who looked with frightful fixity at the glazed roof. A Bed of Roses Because he wasn't, the leisured and the cultured sat in serried ranks at his feet. Stand Up, Ye Dead Behind them came the serried ranks of the knights, who had laid aside their coats-of-mail, their lances, and their shields. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Feebly, but fearfully, with glaring eyes and hideous grin, they rushed upon the serried ranks of the besiegers. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 High vaults the thirsty bow; in wide array The clamorous rooks from every pasture rise With serried wings. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The paper has been preserved marvellously, but the ink is browned with time, and the letters so small and serried that they can only be made out with a magnifying-glass. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion And how is she, Now the rush of the rain falls serried Over the turf and the tree Of the place where she is buried? One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue Far away in the distance stretched the serried ranks of the army, and the whole scene had that character of majestic grandeur so well suited to the sovereign who dictated the laws of the world. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Convinced of his danger, the intrepid Castilian wheeled his horse about, and with a furious shout, called on his brave band to break a way through the serried ranks of the enemy. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 The true knowledge of his incompetence had never come home to him before—but now it closed round him in serried arguments, and in the closing shut out all hope of her. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel All along the benches sat serried multitudes of members, whispering, chattering, perspiring. Years of Plenty I wake; and a clock strikes three— And the night and the storm beat serried Over the turf and the tree Of the place where she is buried. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue The harpsichord was pushed close to the wall, with a company of violin, violoncello, and double-bass cases, standing like so many sarcophagi in serried rows. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days The serried rows of chairs were emptied, and thrust aside; white-faced, gasping, the passengers rushed to the rail, and hung over, desperately scanning the sea. An Unknown Lover The Amabuna had loaded their guns with many bullets at a time, and these, tearing through our serried ranks at close quarters, cut down our men like corn. The Induna's Wife No movement was made to hinder them as the handful of police marched out between the serried ranks of dusky forms, the glare of savage animosity darting forth from hostile eyes. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising He noted the faces of women, behind the dark serried ranks of the warriors, peering eagerly at him. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Those who lead the van must expect a sharp encounter before they break through the serried hosts of tyranny, and many a good man falls upon the threshold of the temple. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time She was wandering aimlessly to and fro reading the names attached to the backs of the serried rows, when a voice spoke in her ear: “Can I help?” it asked. An Unknown Lover Next came great Nimrod prancing on his steed, His serried ranks, Assyrian and Mede, By bold Sennacherib moulded into one, By bestial Sardanapalus undone. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. His arm whipped back and the second pellet crashed into the serried ranks of the deadly rasping creatures. Monsoons of Death Then, as by magic, a crimson glare fell upon the serried ranks of expectant listeners, lighting up their fantastic war panoply as with the light of day. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Since it was a sporting event, the eye-glasses were serried, at least in the lower, higher-priced tiers, by good looking faces, male and female, unadorned. The Ambassador All around the lake stood the grim, serried lines of the firs, under a sky of palpitating opal. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Naturally the eye, wandering here and there among the serried ranks, made bold untrammelled choice among our fair fellow-supplicants. The Golden Age She hesitated slightly at sight of many strange faces, the serried ranks of motionless warriors about Urim's elevated throne, and, finally, the lordly figure of Urim, himself. Warrior of the Dawn Farmers and storekeepers, transport-riders and Mounted Police, craftsmen and natives of every shade and colour, lined the roadway in serried ranks. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The music of the Lichtensteins sounded nearer and nearer, and soon their banners, muskets and halberds came waving and glistening up the street, and in serried ranks the troops came marching into the public square. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist At a desk in the middle of the room sat the Warden with his back to the fire and his face towards the serried array of books. The New Warden In such a light, to such a watcher, there seemed no end to the serried framework and the cordage to the giant sea travellers of steel. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday About half an hour after the King re-entered the Tuileries, I noticed two gentlemen elbow their way through the serried masses. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "These are the traits of personal gallantry, not the disciplined bravery that comes of the serried file and the roll of the drum." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The streets indeed were thronged by a noisy mob, but it made way at once before the serried ranks of the akinjis. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries Slowly the serried mountains iron out into gentler slopes dimpled with meadows, and here and there are homes and cultivated fields, and steepish roads of many ruts. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making When we return from out the serried battle, Come, and we’ll listen to your pretty song!” Songs of the Army of the Night Nevertheless, there was a good deal of hooting as several well-known members of the Chamber elbowed their way through the serried masses. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He peeps into the warrior's heart From the tip of a stooping plume, And the serried spears, and the many men May not deny him room. Fugitive Poetry The serried ranks of low dural buildings gleamed metallically in the glare of the floater's lights, glistening with the sheets of water that ran from their roofs and sides. To Choke an Ocean Stunted sagebrush clothed the hillsides scantily, their slopes serried by cattle trails as evenly as contour lines upon a map. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making An immense concourse swarmed upon the serried rows of benches opposite the throne. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 To right and left the serried cliffs stretched out of sight—the edge of the world, so far as beetles knew. World of the Drone They just look at the cards or make mystic signs and the wretched things range themselves in serried ranks to suit them. The "Genius" Now that we shall be enabled to command every thing around us, if we are to die let us fall together like men and soldiers in our little serried square.” Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution The train takes a swift swirl round an escarpment of the mountain; and you are in the Forests proper, serried rank upon rank of the blue spruce and the lodgepole pine. Through Our Unknown Southwest The serried ranks had pushed forward up to within an hour of sunset; then, apparently realizing that it was a hopeless task, the Teuton High Command had given the order to withdraw. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret It was time for Bragg's corps to come to the relief, and that superb line now moved up in serried strength. History of Morgan's Cavalry Like shock troops in a last desperate assault they ground forward, a serried line that exactly paralleled the threatened break, and hundreds deep. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Yes, there they came along like a serried mass, or the waters bursting from a vast reservoir after the dam has been broken. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France It must be remembered that these books were never intended to be crowded in serried ranks into shelves from which they should present only their backs to the world. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 Flower following tender flower; and birds, And berries; and benignant skies Made thrive the serried flocks and herds.— A Father of Women and other poems As I stand and thumb the serried ranks of corpses, I feel her gaze upon me. An Ocean Tramp Before each operative rose the serried hundreds of pearl buttons, dim lit, clicking in and out under the busy fingers. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Where her sleeves stopped there began the soft and serried wrinkles of those long, long buttonless gloves which Sarah Bernhardt had brought into fashion. Aurora the Magnificent Four thousand serried bayonets squared the base of the hill, and made a compact, bristling hedge to hold back the common people. The Missourian Angels serried before him their battalions; the long lines of adamantine shields flashed back on his blind eyeballs the unutterable splendour of heaven. Shirley Low knelt the foeman's serried fronts, His cannon closed their lips of brass,— The din of arms hushed all at once To let this good man pass. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President As graves full of the buried, Who fell in the dread hour Of battle in ranks serried, Whose like we'll see no more. Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly "Oh, it's lovely!" cried Letty, giving a jump of delight as she peered down the serried ranks of pine trees. The Benefactress At half-past eleven she discerned them charging shoulder to shoulder in the serried columns of the Lancers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Mr. Keir Hardie would look strange indeed in these serried ranks of portly gentlemen with high coat collars, cravats up to their chin, short-bodied coats showing the waistcoat beneath, and the tightly trousered legs. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Spear in hand, he passed on to the serried rows of caskets. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 So they sleep their long sleep, lying shoulder to shoulder in their graves as they had stood together in serried ranks on many a field of battle. A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia I leaped upon his horse, shouted the ancient war-cry of my house—'Saint George for Mandeville!' and dashed onwards towards the serried array of the Croats, which occupied a little eminence beyond. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Maimon was delighted with his new treasure—such mathematical exposition, such serried syllogisms—till it came to theology. Dreamers of the Ghetto Before he could reload, the serried ranks disappeared, marching rapidly towards Lexington. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Green-black, and splotched with snow that clung here and there upon their branches, along the southward limits of the barren crowded down the serried ranks of the ancient fir forest. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories "And that thing in the middle is the Atom Smasher." t seemed hours before the last of the serried ranks of Drilgoes had passed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 He paused now to look out over the sea of faces that filled the great hall in serried waves. The Finding of Haldgren The arms that wield the axe must pour An iron tempest on the foe; His serried ranks shall reel before The arm that lays the panther low. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Pennington and Elder handled their batteries with great agility and success, at times opening huge gaps in the serried lines of the enemy. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry The trees rose about him, towering high into the soft darkness in serried ranks, and the snow gleamed a cold blue-grey under them. The Greater Power It was with dismay, verging on despair, that she saw the serried ranks of her recruits crowding the room to bursting, and all regarding her with humorous anticipation. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The Prince of Condé, with but about two hundred and fifty men, with indomitable determination sustained himself against the serried ranks of five thousand men closing up around him on every side. Henry IV, Makers of History What was an Indian doing in those serried ranks, why wasn’t he skulking on the outskirts as Indians should? Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Then the drama suddenly quickened, the actors serried, and the acts, down to the climax, followed fast. The Spanish Jade Fifteen stainless summers bore Fruit in serried cluster; Conduct stripes he proudly wore, One for every lustre. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Is there a man that, from some lofty steep, Views in his wide survey the boundless deep, When its vast waters, lined with sun and shade, Wave beyond wave, in serried distance, fade? Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose But mid the thicket places there by nighest road they pass Unto their end in weed of war: with shout and serried band The clattering hooves of four-foot things shake down the dusty land. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Up, back, up, back, the serried masses reached, till the rearmost were twenty-five thousand feet aloft. When the Sleepers Woke Files of halberdiers went daily to and from the Palace and the Atocha, escorting some gilded, swinging coach; and every time the Madrile�os serried and craned their heads. The Spanish Jade From its nearer edge, the land comes leaping up in wide smooth waves of serried pines, to the meadow. The Trimming of Goosie For, clustered in serried rows at the end of the island directly beneath them were sleek, stream-lined grayhounds of the interplanetary traffic lanes, now resting immovably on the smooth gray stone—the missing space-liners! Pirates of the Gorm There are thick clouds in the heavens—smoke, fire, and sulphur—a clashing of swords in the serried ranks of the angels: can not you see Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, leading the heavenly host? The First Violin A Novel And then there are venerable churches isolated amid the serried buildings of commerce, with charming bits of hidden green and trees. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He laughed again, twitching back his full lips to show the brilliance of tightly serried teeth, stopped in his tracks, and turned to look at the mountains. Rosinante to the Road Again A Cossack galloped recklessly among the serried stalls. Ghetto Comedies The poor old fellows ranked in serried sameness at the tables slanted or curved from the dais where the chairman and the speakers sit must have one effect of wishing themselves at home in bed. Imaginary Interviews Four hundred planes, each armed with machine guns, dashed into the serried hosts, drumming out volleys of lead. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 His vision pierced the swarming surface, the great grimy thoroughfares with their tramlines, their miles of sordid shops, their windowed expanse of brick, dingy and far-stretching, their serried lines of narrow houses. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Like reeds before the tempest's frown, That serried grove of lances brown At once lay leveled low; And closely shouldering side to side, 450 The bristling ranks the onset bide. Lady of the Lake But at the moment when they must be lost without a serried front, the reverse slopes would be covered with flying horsemen, whilst but a handful of the defenders remained in the trenches. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The white cones, appearing in serried rows near its upper end, were easily identified as an encampment of Indians. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness A serried phalanx covered the two men and the girl, hovering a few feet overhead, the long legs dangling to within arm's reach. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Emigration Jane tugged at the hero's sleeve, as he felt for an almost invisible moustache, scanning the piled-up, serried faces with pert, pale, hardy eyes. The Dop Doctor The sage-brush, closer massed than any through which we had yet passed, seemed to have gathered itself for a serried assault upon the lovely verdure beyond. It, and Other Stories To the northward advanced, in serried columns of black, the beetling clouds that were turning the day into night, the distant booming of aërial artillery thundering forth the preluding cannonade of the charge. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton On they came, these marching men, until we could see them by the hundred, by the thousand, their serried ranks stretching away and away until they were lost in distance. Great Britain at War She only felt that she “entertained” when she beheld serried ranks of guests stretching away from her on either hand. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Two plain men from Western Canada, accustomed to minister to farmers and miners, what could they say to engage and hold these serried thousands of Londoners, the most blasé people in England? The Message Her eyes shrank from the piled serried buildings of Manhattan. It, and Other Stories Their master fall'n, these will not flinch, but band To keep their master's power; thou wilt find Behind his corpse their hedge of serried spears. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Mechanically, his eyes roved along the serried shelves of books, and a new light came into them. The Doomsman But the core of the army were the serried files of Aryan horse and foot,—blond-headed, blue-eyed men, Persians and Medes, veterans of twenty victories. A Victor of Salamis The hitherto serried and continuous line of the French veterans was simply broken up into scattered and shapeless fragments, which nevertheless still tried to advance. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France The hillsides loomed black out of chilly mist that wrapped the serried ranks of climbing pines in their smoky folds. Lorimer of the Northwest The Swiss, armed with nothing but their battle-axes, hurled themselves in vain all day long against the serried ranks of Austrian mail-clad warriors, armed with spears, through which the shepherd men could make no way. The New Theology As the great impi, which up till now had been marching "at ease," emerged upon the plain, once more the warriors formed into rank, and advanced in serried columns—singing a war-song. The Sign of the Spider Ah!—la—la—la—la!” deep, prolonged, bellowed in chorus from every bronze visor which peered above the serried shields. A Victor of Salamis It sprang to life along the serried edge of the Medicine Bow, a broadening band of blood-red light. Colorado Jim Presently we caught a glimpse of his cavalry, and at sight of the serried ranks of horsemen, most of our hearts, I think, began to droop. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France The serried masses cease then to be a collection of individuals, but gain somehow a corporate unity; you realise, with a kind of indeterminate fear, the many-headed beast of savage instincts and of ruthless might. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia An indescribable shiver of awe ran through the dense and serried ranks of armed warriors, followed by a terrible tumult. The Sign of the Spider The façade of the Hof formed the background to all—a background of stone and marble, of serried ranks of windows marshalled to order by lofty portals and balconies. A Woman's Will But the invaders allowed them no time to concentrate themselves in a serried phalanx, and tremendous carnage ensued. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf "The serried ranks, with flags displayed, The bugle's thrilling blast, The charge, the thund'rous cannonade, The din and shout—were past." The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 From under the awning I watched the serried edges of the Palisades as we slipped swiftly by them to the broad reaches of tinted waters above Yonkers. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Paradise would be quite endurable if he and Violet might stand side by side in the serried ranks of choristers. Vixen, Volume II. The great crowding of serried hosts on a single field disappeared, and fewer but perfect figures played their parts on the woven surface. The Tapestry Book There we make our way through stacked volumes of cheap reprints to the counter where two ladies are struggling womanfully against the serried phalanx of purchasers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 He read that last line “was serried in the band,” but immediately corrected himself. Marge Askinforit And he looked again about the room, but saw nothing; except the furniture, the dancing fire, and the serried ranks of the books. Tongues of Conscience Looking northwest from the signal station, the eye falls upon a wilderness of snow-clad peaks and ranges, some standing in serried ranks, others in picturesque disorder. Birds of the Rockies A monstrous hotel rose before them, its masonry pale, insubstantial in the twilight, a delicate framework for its piled and serried squares of light. The Creators A Comedy No halt save for the quick closing up into serried, orderly columns. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days With military precision, the serried ranks advance over the earth's broken and uneven surface to the city of God. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The old fellow howled in terror and plunged into the crowd, his trembling plume remaining visible above their serried heads. Tartarin On The Alps There were no serried ranks of judges and barristers in black gowns, indeed at first sight my confused eyes saw nothing but the crowd. The Other Side of the Door The solid ground, the trees, the rail fences, the serried ranks of silver-washed corn seemed to have lost all substantial foundation. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life His were ahead of everybody's; they made a cheerful splash of red, with their soldierly upstanding tulips, above the long serried line of area-railings. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel One long look at their serried, glittering masses, and he hastened down to Roland. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds With the fury of unchained lions the impatient hoplites sprang forward, and like an avalanche the serried Spartan line fell on the foe. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality As the serried ranks of horsemen advanced, their pace declined from a gallop to an easy trot, and from that almost to a halt. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The only solid, substantial colouring was that of the enduring hemlocks and the sombre, serried firs. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Steadily, deliberately, the armed tide of men flowed over the undulating plain, down into shallow khors, swelling through the scrub, their serried ranks always plainly to be seen. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Swiftly, surely, their serried ranks were closing in on the Christian band. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds The sight of the serried ranks of the Macedonian phalanx, the terrific noise of their war-cries, the failure of the chariots, all combined to destroy his late confidence and replace it by dread. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality On they went, Grays and Enniskilleners, in serried array, while their cheers and shouts rent the air as they struck the Russian line with an impetus which carried them through the close-drawn ranks. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Stark upright and in serried rows stretched the waste of last year's cornfield, the withered stalks touched with a passing glory, standing quite proudly erect and then—blue-gray darkness. Stubble Their ranks were well kept, the serried lines marching with military regularity, with swaying of flags and brandishing of big-bladed, cruel spears and two-edged swords. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan With a column of spearmen on land the weight of the rearward ranks, formed in a serried phalanx, would force onward those in front. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The wheat, the hardy wheat ranged in its serried rows, Seems like some noble camp upon the distant plain. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 On the serried Russian ranks the Tartars poured in that impetuous assault which had so often carried their hosts to victory. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Though slow the daybeams creep along The serried pines which top the hills, And gloomy shadows brood among The silent valleys, and the rills Seem almost hushed—patience awhile! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy By the side of his serried yet persuasive periods the efforts of Fox seemed ragged, those of Burke philosophic essays, those of Sheridan rhetorical tinsel. William Pitt and the Great War Just then the mist lifted a little, and, by the early light, could be seen the serried lines of the British force, advancing to the attack in magnificent order. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 No splendid war do we begin, No glory waits us when 'tis past; But marching through the fiery din, We see our serried ranks grow thin, And blood of Frenchmen welling fast. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 In serried ranks, silent and still as at attention, the troops lined both sides of the upper and lower decks. The Greater Love No serried band, no firm array The fury of their charge could stay. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The latter are of nocturnal habit when seeking food, and during the daytime lie almost motionless near the bottom, where they can often be seen in serried masses. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 One thousand men of the praetorian guard, cut off from the Cæsar, had been unable to forge a way through the serried ranks of the populace. "Unto Caesar" But this sudden divergence is often the fault of the horses, which instinctively recoil before a serried line of infantry, with bayonets at the charge. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry Such are the ideas which Maistre bound together in serried logic, and deployed with the mastery of an intellectual tactician. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Near came the hosts and nearer yet: Dire was the tumult as they met, As, serried line to line opposed, The Vánars and the giants closed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse As Mapela conducted me through the serried ranks I idly wondered what these narrow spaces were for. Through Veld and Forest An African Story Painters and sculptors worked as in a frenzy, covering canvas by the acre and striking whole armies of statues into serried ranks of stone. The Story of Rouen Sweden is a rugged country, its northern part serried by great fiords, its mountains steep and often desolate, its forests thick and many. Historic Boyhoods Miss Kilrain took her place with them, but she was not of them; the High School populace, gazing up from the groundling’s point of view, in serried 265ranks below, felt that. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart The stately elephants he led, And countless steeds the land o'erspread, So closely crowded that between Their serried ranks no ground was seen. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The only arms we then possessed were two-edged daggers made of rasps in blacksmith shops, and with these we were going to hew our way to victory through the serried ranks of the invading army! Reminiscences of a Rebel His heroes talk to his heroines in a serried dialectic. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Above the thickets of rifles sweeping past, mounted officers sat in their saddles, as though carried along on the surface of the serried tide. Lorraine A romance When forward moves The host in serried lines, the Emir calls On Genalfin, his chosen friend: "To thee Command of all my armies I confide." La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier No sound, whether of approval or disapproval, broke the stillness of the serried benches opposite. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 But the branches of Marnhoul wood stood up against the sky, black, serried and silent. The Dew of Their Youth The Registrar laughed, the barristers laughed, the reporters laughed, the serried ranks of the miserable depositors watching anxiously every word, laughed like one man. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Gloomy walls and serried battlements disappeared from the dwellings of the gentry. History of the English People, Volume IV They mount their battle steeds, And forward press in closely serried lines. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier That serried line was an old acquaintance: it was a band of Indian warriors on their midnight march—upon the war-trail! The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The regiments of cavalry which headed the advance of the British troops opened their glittering ranks to the right and left, and exhibited the serried battalions of infantry, and the frowning batteries of cannon. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign Then a cheer, strident, almost savage in its passion, burst from serried ranks of Ministerialists. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 Around your barren heads and granite steeps Tempestuous grey battalions of the rain Charge and recharge, across the plateaued floors, Drenching the serried pines; and the hail sweeps Your pitiless scaurs. Alcyone Seeing his nephew dead, in grief he bounds Forth from the serried ranks, and shouts aloud The Pagan war-cry, furious 'gainst the French. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier We rush in and encircle them with serried arms, and cut them down dispersedly in their ignorance of the ground and seizure of panic. The Aeneid of Virgil Tyrrell's photographs show armies of them advancing; the stags with their lordly horns are seen passing close to the camera in serried ranks that seem to have no end. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Through the dark, serried clouds came a dagger thrust of fire, to be followed by a distant detonation which bore his heart back to the shuddering fields of France. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands The discipline of the migrating cranes, the serried wedge of their ranks in flight, the good order of the resting flock, are often, and often fancifully, described. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield I had repeatedly attacked their serried ranks in vain. My Reminiscences He ended; all with spirit alike emulous form a wedge and advance in serried masses to the walls. The Aeneid of Virgil It did not seem worth while to look into the serried faces of difficulties and think how I could burst through them. We Three The game accomplished itself by means of a chair by way of pulpit, and a serried phalanx of other chairs by way of congregation, whom the young preacher harangued by the hour together. The Brentons The heavy field artillery, that had the range to a dot, tore gaping holes in the serried German ranks. Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive In serried ranks the wheat stocks stretched, dwindling to mere specks, merging as they lost identity in distance. Deep Furrows These words uttered, he issued towering from the gates, brandishing his mighty spear: with him in serried column rush Antheus and Mnestheus, and all the throng streams forth of the camp. The Aeneid of Virgil Such is the sanctity of established authority, that we actually gave back, with serried files however, as our opponents advanced. Rattlin the Reefer Again the serried ranks of foot advanced with fierce shouts, threatening the destruction of our little garrison. The Boy who sailed with Blake Here a large body of peasants were collected, while another body in front were desperately engaged with some imperial troops, as they appeared to be by their glittering arms and closely serried ranks. The Woodcutter of Gutech The trees were spires; and their great stems stood serried like infantry in column, and flung a grand canopy of sombre plumes overhead. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 The Ausonian army issue forth, and crowd through the gates in streaming serried columns. The Aeneid of Virgil And in the first few minutes of reading he would with distinct, conscious pleasure, allow his attention to circle the room, dwelling upon piled and serried volumes, and delighting in orderliness and in convenience. Clayhanger It is a scene at once soft and sublime—an Eden of angels beset by a serried phalanx of fiends; below, sweetly smiling; above, darkly frowning and weirdly picturesque. The Lone Ranche You perceive a serried line, or rather a series of serried lines, running from the base in a vertical direction. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" It was almost dark amidst the serried rows of tremendous trunks, but the light of the snapping fire fell upon their faces, which were all a trifle grave. The Gold Trail They stood there looking down between the serried lines of trees. A Mating in the Wilds The serried ranks formed up on either side. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Smaller fish were in the Aquarium in the first floor of the laboratory opposite the wide space where stood the serried rows of hatching troughs. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries We did so, and lay on the grass in serried heaps. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton And how he thundered "Blaze with your serried columns, I will not bend the knee!" The Romance of an Old Fool In solid ranks, their countless hordes from the dense woods emerge, And roll upon our serried lines like ocean's angry surge. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And they who would injure him must first turn aside those flashing swords, must break up that strong and serried array, and be able to do battle with God’s mighty angels. The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes A man at the end of our serried line near the roadside has called the order to me. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 That, apparently, was the process, while the spiritual presences ranged themselves slowly187 within his vision—row upon row, peak upon peak, dome upon dome, serried, ghostly—white against a white sky, white in white air. The Letter of the Contract A thousand serried problems seemed to be pressing on me at once. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards Like the fierce Northern hurricane That sweeps his great plateau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain, Came down the serried foe. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Now, whenever he looked at them, they were simply the serried weapons that made a hedge of steel round the sacred homes of Notting Hill. The Napoleon of Notting Hill That rush of the white plume had carried all before it, and swept the serried ranks of the Leaguers to the winds. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Against this field of light, the serried ranks of the cypresses looked more imposing and mysterious than before. The Child of Pleasure The Stuyvesant farm was a vast but unprofitable tract of marshes in the eastern part of New-York, but now covered by serried blocks, and among the most densely populated portions of the city. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Zeal was oftentimes our main dependence, and on many a hard-fought field served to drive our small battalions, like a wedge, through the serried ranks of the enemy. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government The third showed the pinnacle of an iceberg piercing a polar winter sky: a muster of northern lights reared their dim lances, close serried, along the horizon. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools MacNutt was saying, with an oath, as they swung around the corner into the blinking and serried lights of Eighth avenue. Phantom Wires A Novel And like darkly rolling breakers ranks of serried warriors flew, Scarcely in the thickening darkness friends and kin from foemen knew! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Everywhere the timber stood in serried ranks, spotted with lakes and small meadows, and threaded here and there with little streams. North of Fifty-Three In vain they sought to break that serried line of steel. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII It was only at the tap of the army drums and at the flash of serried bayonets, that the last assembly of the Revolution abandoned its post. The French Revolution A Short History She plunged amidst the serried aisles of leafless trunks with something like welcome for their shadows. The Forfeit Fiery coursers urged by Krishna flew with lightning's rapid course, Dashing through the hostile warriors and the serried Kuru force! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse ‘Verily God loveth those who, as though they were a solid wall, do battle for His Cause in serried lines!’ Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Eleven columns deployed simultaneously, and formed three huge lines of serried infantry. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes With that calm serenity which is his dominant characteristic in action, he let the Germans come close up to his guns in serried masses. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The town had risen to see me leave, and I went down the street amid serried ranks of spectators. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma For my part, I slid three-quarters of the way down a pipe, lost my grip somehow and tumbled sock upon the serried ranks of a brutal and licentious constabulary. Foe-Farrell Note that He saith ‘in serried lines’—meaning crowded and pressed together, one locked to the next, each supporting his fellows. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Four rows of enormous eight-sided pillars, close together, seem like a serried hedge of gigantic oaks. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two The words penetrated the serried ranks of creditors like an electric spark. The Substitute Prisoner There was one reason which she thrust into the background, seeking to keep it hidden behind the serried ranks of its brothers-in-arms. Man to Man The right wing in due order well arrayed First took the lead; then came the serried squadron Swelling against us, and from many voices One cry arose: Ho! sons of Hellenes, up! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The whortleberry with its tiny foliage made a miniature forest of pale golden green at the feet of the dark serried trunks of the pines. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron In the distance are the serried lines of the tents of Aldershot. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men The silver grey was cross-hatched by the purple lines of the serried stems, and as the view receded this dipped into blue and there lost itself. Lore of Proserpine The cornstalks were stacked in serried array, like Indian wigwams, and heaps of apples, red and yellow and russet brown, lay ungathered in the orchards. The Mayor of Warwick I remember that once, sitting on the beach, I watched the serried waves rolling towards me. Nature Mysticism The Saxon standard still waved over the serried English ranks. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Stones, too, they roll, to crush the serried shields: Blithely the warriors bear the storm below, Yet not for long; for, see, the penthouse yields. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The men stowed themselves in so tightly in close serried rows that when lying down they were unable to turn over. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Would it be the few like the sugar pine towering over its fellows; or the many like the lodge pole pine and englemann spruce standing in serried ranks of equal valor and power? The Freebooters of the Wilderness These serried ranks of tall iron funnels, these rude furnaces fed by crawling snakes of piping, these roaring domes of fire might be crude steam engines evolved by Titans when the world was young. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden One evening I held the fan in front of a vivid electric light and at once noticed serried lines. Visionaries On press the host, in serried ranks complete, Trojans, Arcadians, Tuscans in array. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Pizarro found himself besieged in Lima, while his brothers, shut up in Cuzco, experienced an equal difficulty in beating off the attacks of the serried native ranks. South America The Athenians charged the enemy in serried ranks, but the Persians seeing them advancing without cavalry and without archers, thought them fools. History Of Ancient Civilization Hers is a wonderful instance of the way in which genius can dispense with experience; she sees more by pure intuition than others distil from the serried facts of an eventful life. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Then he took the theme of Chopin's E flat minor Scherzo, and he juggled with it, spun it into fine fibres of tone, dashed it down yawning and serried harmonic abysses. Visionaries We hear the bagpipe and the drum and see the martial clans gathering in serried ranks and catch the glint of their arms and armor as they flash back the sunlight. The Vitalized School These came on with impetuous speed and wild cries, and practised every means to force their passage into the serried ranks of their new opponents. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Behind, the forest he had already left lay dwarfed in a ruled, serried line. The Way of the Wild Against them in serried ranks came compassion, all the impulses of true womanhood toward self-sacrifice and love. Princess It is a simply and quaintly executed kneeling figure, with a certain quiet and pathetic reverence of pose that is strangely restful against the serried vulgarity around it. Certain Personal Matters Notwithstanding this, the command "Forward!" was hailed with tumultuous joy, and the besiegers pressed forward in irregular yet serried masses. The Days of Mohammed Behind them came a serried crowd with the stranger in its midst, and a straggling train of farmers' gigs and screaming urchins closed the procession. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Setting his face sternly northward, he never once looked back on the serried ranks which followed him, until the embattled heights of La Lippe had hidden Elvas and its surroundings. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The town was a rich and well-peopled one, and although a wooden stockade furnished its only rampart the serried ranks of citizens behind it gave little hope of an easy conquest. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Alice's eyes followed the Texan's glance toward the west and there, low down on the serried horizon she could see the black mass of a cloud bank. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country The bulk of islands arose in serried ranks farther out—crowned with grass trees all rippling under the sea wind. Plague Ship Far across it is a dark-blue serried line of mountains. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 I could see their beating wings in serried ranks of black V-shapes. Secret Bread The English, unable to break the serried mass of their enemies, feigned a retreat, whereupon the Normans unlashed their ships and hurried in pursuit into the open water. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) But all the people playing there, both those sitting at the table and those who stood in serried ranks behind them, looked as if they were engaged on some serious undertaking. The Chink in the Armour They have set themselves in serried ranks in opposition to "the plan of calling a Constitutional Assembly." Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy The French were driven back close upon the walls of Leipsic, with the serried columns of Germany and Russia closing them in, and bent on giving no relaxation to their desperate foe. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German In the end, lacking profitable employment and growing dubious of obtaining it during the slack industrial season which then hovered over California, he turned to the serried shelves of the city library. Burned Bridges Your serried ranks have never quailed Before the battle-shock, Whose maddest fury beats and breaks Like foam against the rock. Beechenbrook A Rhyme of the War It is not a compact and serried mass like Wagner's Macedonian phalanxes; it is parcelled out and as divided as possible. Musicians of To-Day The crocodile! coming with tears in his eyes, and a long grin of serried teeth. Idolatry A Romance Leaving their attendants in charge of their horses, the serried column of footmen prepared to advance, confident of sweeping their foes to death before their closely-knit line of spears. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German She crossed the room to a shelf above the serried volumes of Sam Carr's library, lifted the cover of a tin tobacco box and took out a letter. Burned Bridges And above the prominent, thatched brows rose the noble bloodhound forehead, serried wrinkle over wrinkle to the lofty peak of the skull. Jan A Dog and a Romance Chloe's glance strayed out over the river, where the farther bank showed only the serried sky-line of a wall of jet. The Gun-Brand The encircling lamps glowed in serried lines of various light; the fantastic incense-flame rustled softly on the altar. Idolatry A Romance At one point in their march the road led between the river and a ridge of serried rocks, which lay silent beneath the mid-day sun. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German They formed a serried line in battle, bearing down with great weight on the enemy whom they charged, and standing firm as an iron wall against the charges that were made upon them. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. "What is it? what is it?" whispered Robin to the air, watching waves of movement pass over the serried heads before him. Come Rack! Come Rope! No less trenchant and outspoken was he against the serried array of self-styled "reformers" of Judaism. The Haskalah Movement in Russia But directly opposite Helwyse's promontory, the stony wall was for some way especially precipitous and high, its lofty brink serried with a thick phalanx of trees. Idolatry A Romance But what especially frightened her were some sketches in oils that hung frameless from the walls, a serried array of sketches reaching to the floor, where they mingled with heaps of canvases thrown about anyhow. His Masterpiece From the white beach the palms ran in serried rows quarter of a mile inland, then began a jungle of bamboo, gum-tree, sandalwood, plantain, huge fern, and choking grasses. The Ragged Edge They were in a serried mass on two sides of the room, meeting near the centre, with the underground passage, through which Ben had worked his way to Carrie's dress. The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin It rallied anti-slavery elements by its cry of "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men!" and for the first time broke the serried ranks of the older parties. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The town, as we have learned to know it, was surrounded by a serried rank of castles, where the nobles held still undisputed authority over serfs of the soil. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Flash in the sun their serried ranks of steel; Before them swarm a cloud of skirmishers. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems On his recruits in serried squad He'd work them off; he said, "You clod!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Beware of the shock of the serried rank! Soldier Songs and Love Songs King Philip came down in a mighty hurry, and sat himself in the throne; Montferrat, Burgundy, and others of that faction serried round about him. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay The masters were there on the platform in serried ranks, the whole fifty of them, from Corker to Pfenning who "does" the music. Acton's Feud A Public School Story Appalled Our serried ranks are broken—but in vain! The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems This afternoon, when he stood at Table, a ringing cheer went up from serried hosts of Ministerialists; answered by closed-up ranks of Opposition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892 Down all its length the stiff waves stood in serried rows, and its crevices and water-worn caverns were a-bellow with unseen strife. A Daughter of the Snows Once more torch-light processions in vociferous serried columns attested the intensity of party spirit. Unleavened Bread Mr. Cowl was cautiously fumbling among the serried row of documents which, their edges towards the front, filled the steel shelf above the drawers. The Lion's Share Behold, the serried ranks of Truth advance, And stubborn Science shakes her shining lance Full in the face of stolid Ignorance. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems The shriek of our engine echoed and re-echoed weirdly from the serried trunks of trees and from the great cliffs that seemed to lift themselves as we descended. African Camp Fires In yonder heaven deep the stars are lit For evening service of seraphic quires— Eternal pomp of serried, blazing worlds, The heraldry of God, ere yet Time was. Cromwell The serried ranks of the wreaths ceased to pour on, and the worn-out landsfolk went below. A Dream of the North Sea As she walked aimlessly about the streets during the few days following her arrival she had the forlorn conviction that in these serried ranks there could be no place for one so insignificant as she. The Inner Shrine Standing behind 62this policy, and constantly reinforcing it, are the serried ranks of the new democracy which education and the great increase in material prosperity have been so rapidly creating. The Fight For The Republic in China Linking up these sounds, were the voices of the serried crowd that surged along the central avenue, and the shuffle of their myriad feet. The Magician The resemblance between flocks of birds and serried masses of men in martial array is striking. Willis the Pilot Their order of battle, too, was loose and without cohesion, having neither the projecting pikes nor the serried shields of the Macedonian phalanx, in consequence of which they were easily thrust aside and routed. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Leaving the river behind them, they made their way onward across the Esplanade des Invalides, through the serried lines of trees, stark and formal against the January sky, to the rue Fabert. Max Then beyond that began the serried array, line beyond line, broken in one spot by the gleam of a river-reach, and then on again fading beyond eyesight. Lord of the World Cally regarded serried rows of feminine backs, some of which she recognized. V. V.'s Eyes The mere sight of this heroic leader caused such a panic, that the little troop of six hundred Christian knights safely conveyed their dead chief and his family through the enemy's serried ranks to Castile. The Book of the Epic At this moment Pelopidas charged with the Three Hundred in serried ranks. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II In his imagination he saw the earthen gates of the tombs broken open, and the serried legion swarming to the eagles. The Hill of Dreams Hard by, the natives sat, keen as lynxes, in a great circle just outside the white taboo-line, where, with serried spears, they kept watch and ward over the persons of their doubtful gods or victims. The Great Taboo Then I raised my eyes again and saw, oh! thousands and thousands of them, streaming in by the roads, across the fields, through the woods, in serried, never-ending columns. The Downfall But in the dear old American streets the epidermis is vital: what strength and mutual reliance in the cobbles as they stand together in serried ranks, like so many eye-teeth! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 The students of a seminary were hurrying in serried ranks along the Quai de Billy, and the trail of cassocks acquired an ochraceous hue in the diffuse light. A Love Episode I go directly to the Scotsman of the day, and run my finger down the serried columns till I come to the paragraph which gives the mortality for the week. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 At once a great serried wall hemmed in the Europeans all round, and they sat down to wait, the three whites together, for the upshot of the mission to Aloa Mauna. The Great Taboo It must have been at this time that I began to elaborate ideas of a serried rank of congregated thighs across which I lay and was dragged. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Wide-spreading elms grow everywhere; in serried ranks within the college grounds, in smaller detachments throughout the village, in picket lines along the river and out into the country. Behind the line A story of college life and football Out upon the level plain, in full sight of the city, in full view of the serried ranks of the English army, a great white altar was set up. A Heroine of France But Mr. Spears was evidently not afraid of fire, for they stood in serried ranks, rows and rows of them, and between each group of shelves was a panel of carved and polished wood. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan The ten thousand banners, with orient colours waving, the "forest huge of spears," the "thronging helms," and "serried shields, in thick array of depth immeasurable." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 There was something peculiarly savage, almost menacing, in the aspect of these lower mountains, pressing in serried ranks around their white-capped chief. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 With the tip of his strong cane he breaks off a piece of the serried bark, and a spider scurries down the side of the log and into the grass. The California Birthday Book Satan reviewing his army of devils is truly magnificent in its depiction of the serried host armed for battle; behind glistens burning Tophet in all its smoky splendour. Promenades of an Impressionist The men pushed past the ladies of the court to the front, and some came singly, but a serried rank moved up from behind, pushing the others before them. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid Oft I say, 'At least This picture is imprinted; thus and thus, The sharpened serried jags run up, run out, Layer on layer.' Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Through the starlight he could see the hillside break away steeply into a vaporous gorge, while above him the mountain raised a black dome amid the serried points of the sky-line. The Wild Olive Their serried faces suddenly revealed to me my ignominious surrender. The Collectors In order to miss nothing, we even conscientiously passed through the Woman's Building, where we were very much bored by the serried ranks of preserve jars. Hillsboro People They are all there, resplendent, in serried ranks like an army of soldiers, each striving to outstrip the others and to hold up the thickest and gaudiest spike to the sun. The Teeth of the Tiger A churchyard is in hopeful case when we see the mounds carefully levelled, the stones set up in serried ranks, and the turf between rolled smooth and trimmed and swept. In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious Then my serried rank I drew Back to my stronghold without loss. Black Beetles in Amber I go up to join Marie, mingling with the crowd; I divide serried knots of them. Light Now into the play intrudes the second melody, likewise in serried chase of imitation. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies And then—the gulf yawns and gives up serried columns of figures marching four deep; when as a matter of fact they should have issued innocently three by three. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories A babel of sound, audible for several streets around, denoted Market Day in Petticoat Lane, and the pavements were blocked by serried crowds going both ways at once. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People One sees the serried ranks and the flashing armour, one hears the clash of weapons and the shouting of the captains: 'Montjoie! Landmarks in French Literature And I remember the readiness there was to yield themselves, body and soul, to serried resignation. Light Harriet's soft nature gave way before the advance of the serried phalanxes of knowledge: learning passed her by; and she like the many "passed through school." The Mettle of the Pasture It was now three o'clock; the moon shone down upon the serried ranks, gleaming from bayonet and cannon, and stretching long black shadows athwart the road. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession No vestige of improvement had come over Wentworth Street: the narrow noisy market street, where serried barrows flanked the reeking roadway exactly as of old, and where Esther trod on mud and refuse and babies. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People His conceptions crowded upon him in vivid, serried multitudes—the wildest visions of fantasy mixed pell-mell with the most vital realizations of fact. Landmarks in French Literature Her eyes like the blue of the sky, made dim With the might of the sun that looked at her, Shone laughing over the serried rim, Golden set, of the sunflower. Among the Millet and Other Poems It deceives us with no false hopes—with no breakings in the serried clouds—with no flying glimpses of blue sky. Nancy The Mississippians had wavered before successive charges, and an Alabama regiment, after four times hurling back the serried ranks that dashed against them, had fallen back, outflanked and terribly cut up. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession I hope that the companies of the Seventh, should the day arrive, will charge upon horrid batteries or serried ranks with as much alacrity as they marched ashore on the greensward of the Naval Academy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator The serried circle fell back, Senecas, Cayugas, and Mohawks shouting their battle-cries; scores of hatchets glittered, knives flashed. The Maid-At-Arms Mount Baldy's smooth, glittering roundness topped a world that swept down in long waves of dark blue frosted with silver; the serried minarets of spruce and pine bulked close and sprinkled with snow. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life But the greatest crowds of all go to see Gaelic football, the national game; and to hurling, also distinctively Irish, they foregather in serried masses. The Glories of Ireland All privileged classes, when they are attacked, sink their differences and present a serried front to their assailants; the people alone fight with each other, while the battle between themselves and the privileged is raging. Annie Besant An Autobiography The English advanced; they formed a deep and serried column, preceded and supported by artillery. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 At the sight of the Roman legions, few in number, iron-clad, in serried ranks that took up little space, he contemptuously cried, "There is not a meal for my hounds." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 The book in turn becomes the unit of another dimensional order, in the library whose serried shelves form lines, which, combined into planes, define the lateral limits of the room. Four-Dimensional Vistas Once out of the serried order, the unhappy wretch can never resume his position. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 It was garrisoned by police, drawn up in serried rows, that could only have been broken by a deliberate charge. Annie Besant An Autobiography The closely serried battalions of the Swedes were, after a tremendous conflict, again driven across the trenches; and the battery, which had been twice lost, was again rescued from their hands. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes As he did so the words:— "Take out number 66," were distinctly borne to the ears of the serried ranks of the fashionable in the Grand Stand. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life The rain continued falling, and above the serried ranks of heads covered with skirts, cloaks, and an occasional umbrella, the flames of the tapers flickered, staining the wet faces red. The Torrent Entre Naranjos In these simple surroundings one must picture Milton dictating his stately verse, with his thoughts concentrated on the serried ranks of the hosts of heaven. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Then the consciousness of the serried ranks of faces below there came with almost overwhelming force upon him, and he dared not look at her again. Love and Mr. Lewisham Hear again the cries of children Ringing joyfully on my banks, And the noise of marts and toilers, And the tread of serried ranks. Armenian Literature Few, however maddened by suffering, openly defy the serried phalanx of the world. Not Pretty, but Precious In front, they looked so sparse and scattered, with open spaces where the sunshine fell; but when she turned it seemed they stood so close together, a serried army, darkening the sunlight. The Man Whom the Trees Loved No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in that serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day Their goal, the flag of fierce Castile Above her serried ranks of steel, Insensate to the cannon's peal That gives the battle birth! History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest There soldiers stood with armor on, In steel-clad ranks and serried, The while their red swords flashed upon The slaves whose rights they buried. Poems: Patriotic, Religious The Spanish prisoner looked with exultant eyes upon the deep and serried ranks of his countrymen. The White Company On this occasion a certain belief in himself disengaged itself whimsically from the serried erasures of his first draft, making him think it best after all to pursue his present trial to the end. The Lesson of the Master Hurrah! for Rome's short broadsword That through the thick array Of levelled spears and serried shields Hews deep its gory way. Lays of Ancient Rome In serried ranks they sallied forth, and divided their force into five companies, each consisting of two thousand well armed foot, in addition to a thousand knights. Four Arthurian Romances Our warriors, in serried ranks assembled, Never quail—or they conceal it if they do— And I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled Before the mighty troops of Titipu! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan With them rose A forest huge of spears; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array, Of depth immeasurable. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 It was furnished as a library, and the serried bookshelves rose to the ceiling, a surface of incomparable tone produced by dimly-gilt “backs” interrupted here and there by the suspension of old prints and drawings. The Lesson of the Master |
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