...which suit very ill with the temper of Esmond and The Virginians. Speaking of soldiers, he says — Go to ! I hate him and his trade. Who bade us so to...him subservient? Tell me, what find we to admire In epaulettes and scarlet coats, In men, because they load and fire, And know the art of cutting throats...

...You wonder at his cap of hair ; You hear his sabre's cursed clank, His spurs a jingling everywhere. Go to ! I hate him and his trade : Who bade us so...him subservient ! Tell me what find we to admire In epanlets and scarlet coats, In men, because they load and fire, And know the art of cutting throats...

...rank the soldier thus, The red-coat bully in his boots, That hides the march of men from us ' Go to 1 I hate him and his trade : Who bade us so to cringe...God's peaceful people made To such as him subservient ? ' And thus he writes of Napoleon — ' Though more than half the world was his, He died without a...

...hate him and his trade : Who made us ao to cringe and bend, And all God's peaceful people made To euch as him subservient ? Tell me, what find we to admire...scarlet coats .' In men, because they load and fire, And knowthe art of cutting throats !* But let us be of good courage, for is not the day coming when the...

...Esmond and The Virginians. Speaking of soldiers, he says : " Go to ! I hate him and his trade. AVho bade us so to cringe and bend — And all God's peaceful...subservient ? " Tell me, what find we to admire In epaulettes and scarlet coats, In men, because they load and fire. And know the art of cutting throats...

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...recognise the fact as when they are in the army. " Ah, say, what find we to admire In epaulettes or scarlet coats In men because they load and fire, And know the art of cutting throats ?" " I am fortunate to meet you," says Claverton, turning round and coming up in his cool, unsurprised...

...sabre's cursed clank, His spurs are jingling everywhere. " Go to ! I hate him and his trade. Who hade us so to cringe and bend, And all God's peaceful people...load and fire, And know the art of cutting throats ? " * * * These lines were written more than fifty years ago. It is sad to think that, so slight has...

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