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" But everybody said," quoth he, "that 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, yon little stream hard by; they burnt his dwelling to the ground, and he was forced to fly: so with his wife and child he fled, nor had he where to rest his... "
Bedside Poetry: A Parents ̕assistant in Moral Discipline - Page 42
1887 - 143 pages
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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground

James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 422 pages
...their summits, in places unassailable by cavalry , commenced a retreat to their boats. CHAPTER VIII. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far...wide ; And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant , died ; But things like these , yon know , must be At every famous victory." 89 » the uproar,...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 21

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 632 pages
...gives a detail of the battle, l all of which he saw, and part of which he was ;' ending as follows: 1 With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing irmiher then, ' Great praise the Duke of Marlboro' won, And new-burn infant died ; But thing* like...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his...wide, And many a childing mother then And new-born infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. "' They say it was a...
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The Child's own annual

1844 - 206 pages
...little stream's hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his...wide ; And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant, died : But things like that, you know, must be At every Famous Victory. " They say it was a...
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The Peace Reading-Book; Being a Series of Selections ... Condemnatory of the ...

Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 200 pages
...stream hard by ; " They burnt his dwelling to the ground " And he was forced to fly ; " So with his wife and child he fled ; " Nor had he where to rest...country round " Was wasted far and wide : " And many a childling mother then, " And new born infaut died : " But things like that, you know must be, " At...
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The Peace Reading-Book; Being a Series of Selections ... Condemnatory of the ...

Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 206 pages
...stream hard by ; " They burnt his dwelling to the ground " And he was forced to fly ; " So with his wife and child he fled ; " Nor had he where to rest...country round " Was wasted far and wide : " And many a childling mother then, " And new born infant died : " But tilings like that, you know must be, " At...
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The Living Age, Volume 295

1917 - 920 pages
...took as long to live through as it does now. There were casualty lists and there were broken hearts, but "things like that, you know, must be at every famous victory." It was almost with surprise that we read the contemporary tale of the long, long course of darkness,...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey

Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 pages
...little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. " With flre and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-born...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Volume 10

Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 pages
...little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his ey 11 With flre and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then,...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...little stream hard by ; They burned his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his...country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a hapless mother then, And new-born baby, died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous...
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