 | James Dennistoun - Renaissance - 1851 - 536 pages
...CONTEST. — THE DUKE FINALLY AHANDONS IT. DEATH OF LORENZO DE* MEDICI. CHARLES V. ELECTED EMPEROK. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother there And new-born baby died. They say it was a shocking sight, After the field was won, For many thousand... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 pages
...much satisfaction, because they testify that I do not differ in sentiment from all mankind: — "' With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childling mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like these, you know, must be At every... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
..."And he was forced to fly; "So with his wife and child he tied, "Nor had he where to rest his head. "With fire and sword the country round "Was wasted..."After the field was won; "For many thousand bodies here "Lay rotting in the sun; "But things like that, you know, must be "After a famous victory. "Great... | |
 | Fanny Osborne - Geography - 1852 - 394 pages
...much satisfaction, because they testify that I do not differ in sentiment from all mankind: — " ' With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childling mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like these, you know, must be At every... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 480 pages
...their summits, in places unassailable by cavalry, commenced a retreat to their boat*. CHAPTER Tin. * With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far...wide; And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant, died; But things like these, you know, must bi At every famous victory." TOE last sounds of... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...they kill'd each other for, I could not well make out. But every body said," quoth he, "That 'twas a famous victory. They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory." Southey.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...his head. 8. "With fire and sword, the country round Was wasted, far and wide ; And many a nursing mother then, And new-born baby died ; But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. 9. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - New York (State) - 1853 - 620 pages
...summits, in places unassailable by cavalry, commenced their retreat to their boats. CHAPTER VIII. " With fire and sword, the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a chiding mother then, And new-born infant died; But things like these, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...famous victory. " My father lived at Ttlenheim then, he ground, e fled, "--ad. SOUTIIEY. 409 "They sny it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun ; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory, " Great... | |
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They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene. 
