"Besieger" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... delicacy of his wooing. Here is pure Romantic Comedy, such as Greene imitated and Shakespeare made delightful. Not at first will Campaspe yield the gates of her heart, nor does the artist press the attack with heated fervour. So gentle a besieger is he, that we perceive the young couple drifting into love on the stream of destiny, almost reluctant to betray their growing feelings through fear of the wrath of Alexander. Apelles is already smitten but Campaspe is still 'fancy free' when, ...
— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne
... continued for some months. The besieger's anger grew hotter, for every attack cost him the lives of numbers of his followers, and all his efforts ...
— Legends of the Rhine • Wilhelm Ruland
... among the princes of Wei that the governor of a place which held out for a hundred days and then surrendered, with no prospect of relief visible, should not be considered as guilty." The respite was short and it was granted. But the disappointment of the besieger, already counting on success, was great when a few days later he saw that the breaches had been repaired, that fresh defenses had been improvised, and that Sinching was in better condition than ever ...
— China • Demetrius Charles Boulger |
