 Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor,...  Outlook and Independent - Página 4391924Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1922 - 1124 páginas
...Alocmillan's Magazine." A clue, however, is given in lines 5-8, To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, lie stands in Elgin's place. Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. According to the ' Index and Epitome ' of the ' DNB,' James Bruce, eighth Earl of Elgin (1811-1863),... | |
 | 1861 - 788 páginas
...knocked upon the head, and his body thrown on a dung-hill." — See China Correspondent of the " Times." Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed,...Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught,... | |
 | 1861 - 520 páginas
...head, and his body thrown on a dung-hill." — See China Correspondent of the " Times." Lait ttiyht, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore...Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught,... | |
 | Robert James Leslie M'Ghee - 1862 - 408 páginas
...among his fellow roughs He jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken private of the Buffs Who never look'd before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown He stands...Ambassador from Britain's Crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, lowborn, untaught, Bewildered, and alone; A heart with English instinct fraught... | |
 | Robert James Leslie M'Ghee - 1862 - 410 páginas
...published at home, although I have only seen them in manuscript sent from England. LINES ON MOYSE'S DEATH. Last night, among his fellow roughs He jested, quaffed,...and swore ; A drunken private of the Buffs Who never look'd before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 páginas
...knocked upon the head, and his body thrown on a dunghill.' 1. Last night, among his fellows rough, He jested, quaffed, and swore— A drunken private...Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. 2. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered and alone— A heart with English instinct... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1866 - 392 páginas
...knocked upon the head, and his body thrown on a dunghill."—See China Correspondent of the " Times." Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed,...in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 páginas
...Where neither Frenchmen nor rude seas encroach. John Robertson. CCLXXIII THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS. Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed,...Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, 10 A heart, with English instinct... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...snow I What cares he ? he cannot know ; Lay him low ! GEORGE HENRY BOKER. THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS. Buifs, Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1871 - 394 páginas
...sustained, or disease contracted in the service gf the Crown. THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS.— Pago 211. Last night among his fellow roughs He jested, quaffed, and swore, A drunken private of the Buffi Who never looked before. To-day beneath the foeman's frown He stnnds in Elgin's place,* Ambassador... | |
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