 | Chambers's journal - 1857 - 432 страници
...girl,' quoth he ; ' It was a famous victory. ' And everybody praised th' Allies Who that stronghold did win.' ' But what good came of it at last ?' Quoth...little Peterkin. ' Why, that I cannot tell,' said he ; ' But 'twas a famous victory.' THE INUNDATIONS Hf FКANCE. While we send sympathy and aid to the... | |
 | 1857 - 300 страници
...famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlboro' won, And our good Prince Eugene," — " Why, 't was a very wicked thing ! " Said little Wilhelmine. "...nay, my little girl," quoth he, " It was a FAMOUS VICTOET. DAKLTNG LITTLE GIRL. 179 " And everybody praised the Duko Who this great fight did win" —... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 страници
...be, After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." " Why 'twas a very wicked thing ! " Said little Wilhelmine ; "Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, 34 " And every body praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at... | |
 | Book - 1858 - 124 страници
...must be After a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine....little girl," quoth he, " It was a famous victory. And every body praised the duke, Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last?" Quoth... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1858 - 534 страници
...be After a famous victory. X. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene. — Why, 'twas a very wicked thing ! Said little Wilhelmine....my little girl, quoth he, It was a famous victory. XI. And everybody praised the Duke Who such a fight did win. But what good came of it at last ? —... | |
 | Book - 1859 - 334 страници
...be After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlboro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." " Why, 'twas a very wicked thing ! " Said little Wilhelmine....little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he ; " But 'twas a famous victory." Southey. THE DROWNED BOY. THE simple story I relate Is very sad but... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 страници
...After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlborough won, And our great prince Eugene." " Why 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine....girl," quoth he, " It was a famous victory. " And every body praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? "... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 страници
...in thnt touching bHllad of Southey's, on thu same •abject; the last verse of which reads thus :— And everybody praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win : "But what good came of it at laaU" Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," snlJ he, " But 'twas a famous victory." »... | |
 | William Edward Baxter - 1860 - 264 страници
...what they fought each other for I could not well make out. But everybody said,' quoth be, ' That 'twas a famous victory.' And everybody praised the duke,...little Peterkin. 'Why, that I cannot tell,' said he, ' But 'twas a famous victory. ' " As the world grows wiser and better, all who aid and abet in mere... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 страници
...new-born baby died ; But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. • • . • v ' And everybody praised the duke, Who this great fight...little Peterkin. ' Why, that I cannot tell,' said he, But 'twas a famous victory.' But then Southey's politics coloured his poetry. Creasy, with justice,... | |
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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." " Why,... 
