It shall not, must not, cannot, e'er be so. The day shall come when Albion's self shall feel Stern Afric's wrath, and writhe 'neath Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account ; 30 While round her... The Cambridge Review - Page 181888Full view - About this book
| John Camden Hotten - 1864 - 294 pages
...Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account. 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum ! 32 friend suggested " Bang " as a stronger expression, but as African gunpowder is notoriously bad,... | |
| John Camden Hotten - 1864 - 268 pages
...shall come when Albion's self shall feel Stern Afric's wrath, and writhe 'neath Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account. 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum ! 32... | |
| John Camden Hotten - 1864 - 276 pages
...shall come when Albion's self shall feel Stern Afric's wrath, and writhe 'neath Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account ; 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum !... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1874 - 336 pages
...shall come when Albion's self shall feel Stern Afric's wrath, and writhe 'neath Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account ; 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum !... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - 346 pages
...Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account ; 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum ! 32 This concludes with a little vignette in the "Titmarsh" manner, representing an Indian smoking... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - 348 pages
...shall come when Albion's self shall feel Stern Afric's wrath, and writhe 'neath Afric's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account ; 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum !... | |
| Anthony Trollope - 1879 - 224 pages
...and curled ; And somewhere there, unknown to public view, A mighty city lies, called Timbuctoo. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their...nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum. I cannot find in The Snob internal evidence of much literary merit beyond tins. But then how many great... | |
| Walter Hamilton - 1879 - 346 pages
...shall come when Albion's self shall feel Stern Afric's wrath, and writhe 'neath Afrio's steel. I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugars on their own account ; 30 While round her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum !... | |
| 1880 - 556 pages
...I see her tribes the hill of glory mount, And sell their sugar on their own account ; While around her throne the prostrate nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her ram. I cannot find in TJie Snob internal evidence of much literary merit beyond this. But then how... | |
| Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1881 - 226 pages
...; And somewhere there, unknown to public view, A mighty city lies called Timbuctoo. * * * ยป I see her tribes the hill of Glory mount, And sell their...nations come, Sue for her rice, and barter for her rum.' Like Thackeray, Alfred Tennyson left the University without taking a degree. It is curious that the... | |
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