Forces Opened Fire

Famous quotes containing the words forces, opened and/or fire:

    The next thing his Lordship does, after clearing of the coast, is the dividing of his forces, as he calls them, into two squadrons, one of places of Scriptures, the other of reasons....
    All that I have to say touching this, is that I observe a great part of those his forces do look and march another way, and some of them fight amongst themselves.
    Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

    And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
    Bible: New Testament, Revelation 8:1.

    The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)