 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.  The Annual Anthology - Página 361800Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Tobias Smollett - 1800 - 614 páginas
...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 páginas
...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'... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 páginas
...could not well make out. But 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... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Burdon - 1805 - 108 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1806 - 360 páginas
...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... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1808 - 436 páginas
...could not well make out. But every body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They...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... | |
 | 1808 - 844 páginas
...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... | |
 | George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 páginas
...then, ' , " Yon little ftreams hard by ; " They burnt his dwelhng 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... | |
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