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fourth and line
As was typical of Caesar he gambled and began discreetly thinning his already depleted ranks of men then repositioned them as a fourth line to support his cavalry against the inevitable assault by the much larger Pompeian cavalry.
When the lines joined, Labienus ordered the cavalry to attack ; as expected they successfully pushed back Caesar's cavalry until his hidden fourth line joined in, using their pila to thrust at Pompey's cavalry and turn them to flight.
Usually, only the second and fourth line of a quatrain are rhymed ( in the scheme a, b, c, b ), which has been taken to suggest that, originally, ballads consisted of couplets ( two lines ) of rhymed verse, each of 14 syllables.
On 7 June, following hasty repairs to his flagship, Nelson was joined off Toulon by a fleet of ten ships of the line and a fourth rate ship.
The first line represents the subject, the second the author ( and perhaps title ), the third and fourth dates of editions, indications of translations, and critical works on particular books or authors.
Hexameters also have a primary caesura — a break in sense, much like the function of a comma in prose — at one of several normal positions: After the first syllable in the third foot ( the " masculine " caesura ); after the second syllable in the third foot if the third foot is a dactyl ( the " feminine " caesura ); after the first syllable of the fourth foot ; or after the first syllable of the second foot ( the latter two often occur together in a line, breaking it into three separate units ).
The first three feet of this line scan spondee-dactyl-spondee, but the fourth foot of-πας ἔπος has three consecutive short syllables.
The most usual stress schemes for the Italian hendecasyllable are stresses on sixth and tenth syllables ( for example, " Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita ," Dante Alighieri, first line of The Divine Comedy ), and on the fourth, seventh and tenth syllables (" Un incalzar di cavalli accorrenti ," Ugo Foscolo, Dei sepolcri ).
He again pushed the car to the finish line to place fourth, although in the event this was unnecessary as his other title rival, Brooks, finished only third.
A strong syllable can only occur in the rising part of the second, third, and fourth foot of a line:
* Line 4 ( Budapest Metro ), the fourth line of Budapest Metro, Hungary
For example, in the verse below, each odd line has a caesura ( shown by a slash /) after the fourth syllable ( daily, her, won ' dring, mother ) while each even line is without a caesura:
A caesura would split the word " devotion " in the fourth line or the word " majesty " in the sixth line.
The actual fourth line is " And laid him on the green ".
William was the son of the King's late sister, Mary, Princess Royal, and thus fourth in the line of succession after James, Mary and Anne.
Most rhyme schemes are described using letters that correspond to sets of rhymes, so if the first, second and fourth lines of a quatrain rhyme with each other and the third line does not rhyme, the quatrain is said to have an " a-a-b-a " rhyme scheme.
The first and third lines of the last stanza are the second and fourth of the penultimate ; the first line of the poem is the last line of the final stanza, and the third line of the first stanza is the second of the final.
After the fourth move, most of the spots are dead – they have three lines attached to them, so they cannot be used as endpoints for a new line.
Early in the fourth quarter, Washington threatened to score by mounting its most impressive drive of the game, driving 79 yards from its own 11 to Miami's 10-yard line in twelve plays.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Vikings got another scoring opportunity when Minnesota safety Paul Krause recovered a fumble from Harris on the Steelers 47-yard line.
The Steelers subsequently advanced to the Cowboys 36-yard line on their next possession, but on fourth down and two, Bradshaw's pass was broken up by Dallas safety Cliff Harris.

fourth and north
Arcturus has a visual magnitude of − 0. 04, making it the brightest star north of the celestial equator, and the fourth brightest star in the night sky.
It was entirely visible as far north as Britain in the fourth millennium BC.
In Argyll it consisted initially of three kindreds: Cenél Loairn ( kindred of Loarn ) in north and mid-Argyll, Cenél nÓengusa ( kindred of Óengus ) based on Islay and Cenél nGabráin ( kindred of Gabrán ) based in Kintyre ; a fourth kindred, Cenél Chonchride in Islay, was apparently considered too small to be considered a major division.
Hyperboria, also called Telchuria ( after Telchur, the god of winter ), lies at the north pole, while an unnamed fourth continent lies in the southern hemisphere.
Thrasamund ( 450 – 523 ), King of the Vandals and Alans ( 496 – 523 ), was the fourth king of the north African Kingdom of the Vandals, and reigned longer than any other Vandal king in Africa other than his grandfather Genseric.
Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north edges of their gardens as a " fourth sister " to the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squash.
The fourth century Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus ( 325 / 330 – after 391 ) said, “ From there ( Harran ) two different royal highways lead to Persia: the one on the left through Adiabene and over the Tigris ; the one on the right, through Assyria and across the Euphrates .” Not only did Harran have easy access to both the Assyrian and Babylonian roads, but also to north road to the Euphrates that provided easy access to Malatiyah and Asia Minor.
It is the fourth largest city in Indiana and the economic and cultural hub of the Michiana region, with the University of Notre Dame located just to the north in unincorporated Notre Dame, Indiana.
As far as employment opportunities are concerned, Smallingerland is the fourth best district in the north of the Netherlands and ranks number two within the province of Friesland.
The Stewarts greatly increased their holdings in the west, in Atholl and in the far north: the earldoms of Fife and Menteith went to Robert II's second surviving son Robert, the earldoms of Buchan and Ross ( along with the lordship of Badenoch ) to his fourth son Alexander and the earldoms of Strathearn and Caithness to the eldest son of his second marriage, David.
On the fourth day of the eighth lunar month every year, Qi would play a weiqi game with Emperor Gaozu in the bamboo forest on the north side of the palace.
In the 2010 edition, Scranton was named as one of 77 universities nationally on the " Up and Coming List " ( fourth in the north ) and one of 80 nationally recognized for " A Strong Commitment to Teaching " ( third in the north ).
Both the third and fourth floors have platforms situated at the north and south windows called, where defenders could observe or throw objects at attackers.
Drafted in the fourth round by Don Shula and the Miami Dolphins, Theismann became frustrated with contract negotiations, Leo Cahill saw an opportunity and pounced to lure Joe north.
Higdon, gives the name of the fourth road as Rikenild Strete, which, he says, tends from the south-west to the north, and begins at St. David's and continues to the mouth of the Tyne, passing Worcester, Droitwich, Birmingham, Lichfield, Derby, and Chesterfield.
A fourth tunnel was discovered on March 3, 1990, north of Haen town in the former Punchbowl battlefield.
The town of Selby, a sizeable town on the main route north from the Midlands, is the traditional birthplace of King Henry I, fourth son of William the Conqueror, in 1068 / 69 ; the connection is supported by William and his wife Matilda's unique joint charter of Selby Abbey, far to the north of their usual circuit of activities, which was founded for Benedict of Auxerre in 1069 and subsequently supported by the de Lacy family.
A fourth region named Vardounia ( Βαρδούνια ) to the north is also sometimes included.
In the fourth year of his reign, he marched north into Syria, either to recapture Amurru or, as a probing effort, to confirm his vassals ' loyalty and explore the terrain of possible battles.
Simon had other key confederates in this enterprise which many see as a naked seizure of southern lands by ambitious men from the north, many of whom had been involved in the notorious fourth crusade.
It is supposed that the lampadario derived from some important north Etruscan religious shrine of around the second half of the fourth century BC.
The fourth surviving Martello Tower in Quebec, No. 4, is located in a residential area on the north side of the Upper City overlooking Lower Town.
The fourth station, the Australia Mars Analog Research Station / MARS Oz is currently in the planning stages and it will be deployed to the selected research site ( S 30 ° 18 ' 13. 91 " E 139 ° 26 ' 39. 55 ") east of the Arkaroola Sanctury, which itself is roughly north of Adelaide, South Australia.

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