| George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 страници
...fight, kill, or wound; May still be found Content with our hard fate, my boys, On the cold ground ! Why, soldiers ! why Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why soldiers ! why : Whose business 'tis to die. What ! sighing ! fie ; Kill fear, drink on, be jolly boys ! Tis he, you, or I, — Cold, hot, wet,... | |
| 1819 - 394 страници
...fight, kill, or wound -. May we still be found Content with our hard fare, my boys, On the cold ground. Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys ! Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die ? What ! sighing ? fie ! Damn fear, drink on, be jolly boys ! 'Tis he, you, and I. Cold, hot, wet,... | |
| 1822 - 522 страници
...those courtly groups of ladies and gentlemen, in old prints of Windsor Terrace, or Kensington Garden. He talks frequently about ' the service,' and is fond of humming the old song, TOijr, soldicrx, why, ... • .• . Should we be melancholy, boyg? * at n.' Why, soldiers, why, «k*f»... | |
| 1831 - 272 страници
...fight, kill, or wound, May we still be found Content with our hard fate my boys, On the cold ground. Why soldiers, why Should we be melancholy boys ? Why soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die; What— sighing? fie! Drown care, drink on be jolly, boys, Tis he, you, or I, Cold, hot, wet, or dry,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 274 страници
...those courtly groups of ladies and gentlemen, in old prints of Windsor terrace, or Kensington garden. He talks frequently about "the service," and is fond...melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why^ Whose business 't is to die ! ' cannot discover however, that the general has ever run any great risk of dying, excepting... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 352 страници
...by him at the mess table, on the eve of the storming of Quebec, in which he fell so gloriously : — "Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys...? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die I For should next campaign Send us to Him who made us, boys, We 're free from pain : But should we remain,... | |
| 1835 - 320 страници
...fight, kill or wound; May we still be found, Content with our hard fate, my boys, On the cold ground. Why soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die — What — sighing? fie! Don't fear, drink on, be jolly, boys; 'Tis he, you, or I, Cold, hot, wet,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 262 страници
...him at the mess table, on the eve of the storming of Quebec, ia which he fell so gloriously : — . " Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 't is to die ! For should next campaign Send us to Him who made w, boys, We 're free from pain : But... | |
| Quaver - 1844 - 552 страници
...fight, kill, or wound, May we still be found Content, with our hard fare, my boys, On the cold ground. Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die. If* What, sighing ? fie ! Drink on, and let's be jolly, boys, 'Tis he, you, and I, Cold, hot, wet,... | |
| Charles James Lever - 1844 - 342 страници
...morning's promenade under the piazza of the Chateau, while he hummed a tune to pass away the time : — " Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why? Whose business Holloa, there, Francois, ain't they stirring yet ? why, it's past six o'clock." The person addressed... | |
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