 | English epigrams - 1878 - 464 oldal
...sentenced for stealing a snuff-box at a levee. The latter was the author of the wellknown lines, — True patriots all— for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good — which formed part of an address delivered at the opening of the Sydney Theatre.] ON AN INN, WITH... | |
 | Henry Cornish - 1879 - 398 oldal
...— " From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, But not with much eclat or beat of drum ; True patriots all : for be it understood, We left...country for our country's good. " No private views disgraced our generous zeal : What urged our travels was our country's weal ; And none can doubt but... | |
 | John Henniker Heaton - 1879 - 606 oldal
...patriots, all, for be it understood, We kit our country for our country's good : Xo private viewB diagrac'd our generous zeal, What urg'd our travels, was our country's weal ; And none mil doubt, but that our emigration, Has proved most useful to the British nation. But you inquire,... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - 762 oldal
...Harrington, one of a large family of that name, many of whom achieved eminence in the last century : True patriots all ; for be it understood We left our country for our country's good. SAMUEL ROGERS was the author of a fine tribute to woman as the wedded companion of man : A guardian... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention - 1878 - 524 oldal
...same rule to all. We have many among us who may appropriately quote the poetry : True patriots we, For be it understood, We left our country For our country's good. Great as our inclinations may be to discriminate against these persons, we must recollect that they... | |
 | Frank Thorpe Porter - 1880 - 432 oldal
...play at Sydney by a company consisting exclusively of transported thieves — " True patriots we ! for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good." At the time of Sargeant's arrival at Kilmainbam, I had a very near relative who was a member of the... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1891 - 416 oldal
...pickpocket. No volume of familiar quotations would be complete without his couplet, — " True patriots we, for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good.'* On the day that Barrington was transported, his relative, Dr. Shute Barrington, was advanced to the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 oldal
...Come with it, when the battle's done, Or on it, from the field." Robert Montgomery. True patriots we, for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good. PATRIOTISM — continued. When a patriot falls, must he fall in the battle, Where the cannon's loud... | |
 | 1882 - 1152 oldal
...Progress of the War — Home Guards— Table of 7th Cuvalry MSM and 40lh EM 3. M.— The Sedalia Post. " True patriots all ; for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good." — Geo. Sdrriiif/ton. Years must elapse before a'written sketch of any internecine war can be rightly... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 oldal
...IV. Se. Í. Our ships were British oak, And hearts of oak our men. ';. SJ ARNOLD — Death of Nelson, dy of Errors. Act Ш. So. 2. Slowly sail'd the weary mariners and saw, Betwixt the g c. GEOEOE BAKRINGTON — Aeic South Wales. Prologue for the Opening of the Play-House at AVw South... | |
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FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good... 
