...any great nor substantial purpose. The knowledge of the art of war was the avowed object But war's a game which were their subjects wise Kings would not play at. in fact they were to be made into soldiers, not into men and philosophers. Although whole continents...

...mischievous to every class in the community ; but to none is it such a curse as to the labourers."* " War it a game, which were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." — Cateper. s Senior. 348 DUTR1BUTION. CHAPTER XI. DISTRIBUTION. GOVERNMENTS-CAPITAL.— LABOUR. INDIA...

...have been for both nations, if they had been fully actuated by the feeling expressed in the lines of Cowper : — " "War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes; whose infirm and baby...

...other end in view but the personal aggrandizement of their king. ' It was well said by Cowper, that "War is a game, which were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." They are becoming fast wise enough to refuse their aid to unjust \vars; and now disputes among nations,...

...constitutions ! When will men see the folly, as wel 1 as the sin of war ? Well may we say, with the immortal Cowper, " War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at."— 4 OBSTACLES AND OBJECTIONS tolerate a system which probably has destroyed more lives in one day, than...

...in completing a work of a more elaborate stamp. " War," said the poet, more than fifty years ago, " War is a game which, were their subjects wise, " Kings would not play at." The time seems slowly to have come round in Europe when both rulers and people are, in some measure,...

...PLAN. CHAPTER VI. THE PREFERENCE DUE TO OUR PLAN. CHAPTER VII. PROSPECTS OF SUCCESS. CHAPTER VIII. " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." Cowper. " A Congress of Nations, for the settlement of the principles of international law, and the...

...should still be able to maintain the truth of the sentiment so powerfully expressed by the poet, that ' War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.J " — COWPJER. Then, calling my friend to the window, I continued, " Do you see yonder group of...

...Some seek diversion in the tented field, 185 And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. IBut war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well, T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby...

...Art.) Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which , were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. (Jf. Cowper's Task.) \. PLEASURE, 2. JOY, 3. DELIGHT, 4. CHARM. 1. aSergnuijen ; 2. Cveufcc; 3. ЯЗегдпидш,...