 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 trang
...alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands, maintam'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 times of need, at hand. This was the morn when, issuing on the guard,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 trang
...alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, , and pin'd with vain desire, Had not a voice thus warn'd me : What thou se blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This was the morn when, issuing on the guard,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 434 trang
...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 just now, taking us, as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 310 trang
...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 just now, taking us,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 338 trang
...alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; 400 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 times of need, at hand ; This was the morn when, issuing on the guard,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 trang
...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 defence : Stout once a month they march, a hlustering hand, And ever, hut in times of need, at hand ; This was the mom, when, issuing on the guard,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 trang
...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 time of need, at hand. This was the morn when, issuing on the guard,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 trang
...alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without bands* 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 time of need, at hand. This was the morn when, issuing on the guard.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 560 trang
...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 time of need, at hand. This was the morn when, issuing on the guard,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 trang
...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 time of need, at hand. This was the morn when, issuing on the guard,... | |
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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... 
