| 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 - 438 pages
...bones. , Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...bones. Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind thpr sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...bones. Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hand.s Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 pages
...enlightened Cowper, now and then, suffered under a passing cloud of narrow prejudice. Ho has said, that " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." I take for granted, he does not mean to allude merely to particular instances of a wanton exercise... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...bones. Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and buby minds Are gratified... | |
| Plutarch - 1811 - 352 pages
...as games," says Dacier. How forcibly does this last word remind the reader of Covvper, one of tlie most excellent, poetical, and miserable of men! War...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny liamU Of heroes, w hose infirm and baby minds Are gratified... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...bones. Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified... | |
| 1811 - 550 pages
...people too often, like their rulers, are fond of war and are dazzled by it« false glitter. " But war's a game which were their subjects wise, " Kings would not play at."— Government are now openly by their agents purchasing guineas on the Exchange of Belfast. Will the English... | |
| sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1813 - 326 pages
...enlightened Cowper now and then suffered under a passing cloud of narrow prejudice. He has said, that " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." I take for granted, that he does not mean to allude merely to particular instances of a wanton exercise... | |
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