The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times... Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 332editado por - 1855Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - 1870 - 826 páginas
...maintained at rast expense ; In peace a charge, in war a weak defence, Stout for a month, they mardi a blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand." Very different were the terms in which Shakespeare spoke of the raw levies of the 15th century. They... | |
| Acrostics - 1871 - 312 páginas
...not mine, Maiden, thyself, with thine own hand hath reaped, And all this praise God gives thee.' " 1. "Mouths without hands maintained at vast expense,...blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand." 2. " He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him... | |
| Walter Scott - 1871 - 502 páginas
...touches them off a little sharply — but then John was a Jacobite — ' Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak...blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand." I fancy they halted just now, taking us, as they saw us on the brow of the hill, for a party of the... | |
| John Dryden - 1897 - 764 páginas
...flight. The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ;* 400 Mouths without hands ; maintained at vast expense,...month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This was the morn when, issuing on the guard, 405 Drawn up in rank and file... | |
| Richard Saul Ferguson - 1871 - 512 páginas
...the following lines from Dryden : — " The country rings aloud with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands, maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war defence. Stout, once a month they march a blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1872 - 696 páginas
...them off a little sharply, — but then John was a Jacobite, — 'Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak...blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand.' I fancy they halted just ruw, taking us, as they saw us on the brow of the hill, foi a party of the... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...forgave the offence. Sex to the last.1 Line 367. And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Moutbs without hands : maintained at vast expense, In peace...charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they 1narch, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand. Line 400. Of seeming arms to make... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...107. She hugged the offender, and forgave the offence. Sex to the last.1 Line 367. And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands : maintained...month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand. Line 400. Of seeming arms to make a short essay, Then hasten to be drunk, the... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 páginas
...aloud with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak...month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand. DRYDEN : Cymon and Iphigenia. The brave abroad fight for the wise at home :... | |
| Walter Scott - 1923 - 722 páginas
...touches them off a little sharply; but then John was a Jacobite: — Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence; Stout once a-month, they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in time of need, at hand. I fancy they halted... | |
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