The poor wretch, who has learnt his only prayers From curses, who knows scarcely words enough To ask a blessing from his Heavenly Father, Becomes a fluent phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and defeats, And all our dainty terms for fratricide... The Monthly chronicle; a national journal - Seite 3841841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1799 - 618 Seiten
...Boys and girls, And women that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal ! The poor...wretch, who has learnt his only prayers From curses, who knov/s scarcely words enough To ask a blessing of his heavenly Father, Becomes a fluent phraseman,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1799 - 614 Seiten
...women ihat would groan to fee a child Pull off an infeft's leg, all read of war, The beft amnfement for our morning meal ! The poor wretch, who has learnt his only prayers From curfes, who knows fcarcely words enough To afk a bleffing of his heavenly Father, Becomes a fluent... | |
| 1812 - 654 Seiten
...boys and girls, And women that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal ! The poor...who knows scarcely words enough To ask a blessing of his heavenly Father, Becomes a fluent phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and defeats,... | |
| 1812 - 656 Seiten
...boys and girls, And women that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal ! The poor wretch, who has learnt his only prayer^ From curses, who knows scarcely words enough To ask a blessing of his heavenly Father, Becomes... | |
| 1812 - 664 Seiten
...wretch, who has learnt his only prayers From curses, who knows scarcely words enough To ask a blessing of his heavenly Father, Becomes a fluent phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and defeats, And all our dainty terms for fratricide, Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongue*.... | |
| 1842 - 634 Seiten
...Boys and girls, And women, that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal ! The poor...phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and defeats, And all our dainty terms for fratricide ; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 Seiten
...to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The be'st amusement for our morning-meal ! The poor wretch, who has learnt his only prayers From...phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and deceit, 68 And all our dainty terms for fratricide; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tonguos Like mere... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1819 - 488 Seiten
...war, The best amusement for our morning's meal ! The poor wretch, who has learnt his only prayers For curses, who knows scarcely words enough To ask a blessing...phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and defeat, And all our dainty terms for fratricide ; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues.... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1819 - 488 Seiten
...morning's meal ! The poor wretch, who has learnt his only prayers For curses, who knows scarcely Avords enough To ask a blessing from his Heavenly Father,...phraseman, absolute And technical in victories and defeat, And all our dainty terms for fratricide ; . Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues,... | |
| International peace society - 232 Seiten
...groan to sec a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning's meal '. The poor wretch who has learnt his only prayers From curses, who knows scarce words enough To ask a blessing from his heavenly Father, Becomes a fluent phrascman, absolute... | |
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