 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...the forrows of mankind their fport. But war's a game, which were their fubjects *ife, Kings fhould not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mifchief, and who fpoil Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...make the forrows of mankind their fport. But war's a game, which were their fubjec\s wife, Kings mould not play at. Nations would do well ' T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Ar; gratify'd with mifchief, and who fpoil, Be.caufe men fuffer it^ their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...field, And make the forrows of mankind their fport. But war's a game, which, were their fubje&s wife, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T'...extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mifchief; and who fpoil, Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
 | 1791 - 612 pages
...firft to recover from it, and to renounce thefe deliberate outrages;'—and well lings the poet too, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T'...extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mifchief ; and who fpoil, Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1793 - 358 pages
...VOLUMES. By CHARLOTTE SMITH. THE SECOND EDITION. War is a game, which, were their fublet Kings fhould not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirim and baby mindi Are gratified with mifchief, and who fpoil, Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...field, And make the forrows of mankind their Iport. But war's a game, which, were their fubjeds wife, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T'...extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds . , Are gratified wuh mifchief; and who fpoil, • Becaufe men fuffer it,... | |
 | 1814 - 262 pages
...she been allowed, after the revolution, to enjoy an uninterrupted peace ! But war's a game, v^ich, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do weil * Tithes, however, were not the only grievance the cultivators of the soil had to eoijnvlain of.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 394 pages
...field, And make the forrows of mankind their fport. But war's a game, which, were their fubjects wife, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T'...extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mifchief ; and who fpoil, Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
 | 1803 - 250 pages
...field, And make the forrows of mankind their fport. But war's a game, which, were their fubje,5ls wife, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T'...extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Are gratify'd with mifchief, and who fpoil, Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...field, And make the forrows of mankind their fport. But war's a game, which, were their fubjects wife, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T'...extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whofe infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mifchief; and who fpoil, Becaufe men fuffer it, their... | |
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But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. 
