 twas a famous victory! "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head.  Pennsylvania School Journal - Pagina 4141899Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1800 - 318 pagini
...body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. VII. My father Jived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground...and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head VIII. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1800 - 614 pagini
...faid, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. « My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And...with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. ' With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wide, And many a childing... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pagini
...Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. \Vith fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, 46'... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pagini
...ground, And he was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, K or had he where to rest hit head. With fire and sword the country round. Was wasted far and wide, And many a chiWing mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like that you know must be At every famous... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pagini
...every body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and... | |
 | William Burdon - 1805 - 108 pagini
...body faid, quoth he, That 'twas a famous vidtory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forc'd to fly ; Th* induftrious fwain, to labour bred, Hears his exciting found, And foon he leaves... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 pagini
...Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, i. They burnt his dwelling to the ground^ And he was forc'd to fly : So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wide. And many a childing mother... | |
 | 1806 - 360 pagini
...hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground, My father lir'd at Blenheim then, And he was forc'd to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wideAnd many a childing mother... | |
 | 1808 - 844 pagini
...quoth he, That 'tw'as a famous victory. My father live J at Blenheim then. Von little stream ha;'d by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly : So with '.its wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword this country ronnd... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pagini
...every body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly i So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword this country... | |
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