"Outmost" Quotes from Famous Books
... come from the outmost stream of earth, From the glens where the white swans glide, A night in Islay, a night in Man, A ... — Celtic Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)
... Our banners on the outmost walls, with stately rustling fold, Flash back from arch and parapet the sunlight's ruddy gold— They mount to the deep roll of drums, and widely-echoing cheers, And then—once more, dark, breathless, hushed, wait ... — War Poetry of the South • Various
... in the western grave of aged and benighted time, we, soon coming round east to the true spirit sky, may discern bright in the morning forehead of eternity. There can be no safe reasoning from the outmost husk and phenomenon of a thing to its inmost essence and result. And, in spite of any possible amount of appearance, man himself may pass distinct and whole into another sphere of being when his flesh ... — The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger
... warrior said— "Bold Saxon! to his promise just, Vich Alpine has discharged his trust. This murderous Chief, this ruthless man, This head of a rebellious clan, Hath led thee safe, through watch and ward, Far past Clan-Alpine's outmost guard. Now, man to man, and steel to steel, A Chieftain's vengeance thou shalt feel. See here, all vantageless I stand, Armed, like thyself, with single brand: For this is Coilantogle ford, And thou must ... — The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book • Various
... and the Warta, beat them there and then march from the north against the right wing of the main forces of the Russians, which latter was to be kept from advancing too far by the mixed Austrian and German army. On his two outmost flanks, in East Prussia and East Galicia, nothing but defensive ... — The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various |