The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times... Transactions - 105. oldalszerző: Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1864Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| William Cobbett - 1802 - 756 oldal
...rings around with loud alums, " And raw in' fields the rude Militia svramu; ' Mouths without hands, maintained at vast expense^ < In peace a charge, in war a weak defence; ' Stout, once a month, they march a blus'teringbud) ' And ever, but in lima ofntrd, at hand; ' Of seeming... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 oldal
...around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without bauds j maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a, charge, in war a weak defence : Stout once a month they march, a blustering baud, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; , This... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 oldal
...around with loud alarms. And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands ; maintain'd stormy Fates descend : one death involves Tyrants and sla : Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 346 oldal
...around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands ; maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence • Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 292 oldal
...around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands ; maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence : Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand. This was... | |
| Giovanni Boccaccio, John Dryden - 1822 - 276 oldal
...around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence: Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand. This was... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 oldal
...around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands, maintain'd ine eyes till now, and pin'd with vain desire, Had not a : Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 oldal
...around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands, maintam'd at vast expense ; In peace a charge, in war a weak defence : Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand. This was... | |
| Walter Scott - 1825 - 434 oldal
...touches them off a little sharply, — but then John was a Jacobite, — Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense. In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month, they march a blustering band. And ever, but in time of need, at hand. I fancy... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 310 oldal
...touches them off a little sharply, but then John was a Jacobite,— • Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence; Stout once a month, they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand.' I fancy... | |
| |