...our list, 36,000 Englishmen perished by the hands of fellow-countrymen, will not say with Cowper, " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at," and will not pray for the time when men shall " beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears...

...goeth forth in his might." This was the last war in England. War has ever been the curse of the world. War is a game which were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Our prayer should be, " Scatter the men who delight in war." For a hundred years we have had peace...

...was not a republican — it was the subject of a monarchy, and no patron of novelties-- -who said, " War is a game, which, were their subjects Wise, Kings would not play aft" A great majority of the wars which have desolated mankind, have grown either out of the disputed...

...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 ertort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby...

...powerless to control. How important then that the people should be "-wise in time !" and if it be true that "War is a game ; which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at" ; how great is the responsibility which rests upon every wise citizen, and every true patriot, so to...

...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...

...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. N'ations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby...

...War, with all its horrors and miseries, hath resulted from the ignorance of nations:— ' But war's a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. ' We have seen, yea ages have groaned under, the evils which a wrong public opinion, or at times an...

...up." " The town has tinged the country." " Life spent in indolence and therefore sad." " But war's a game, which were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." " Weak to perform, though mighty to pretend." " Power usurped Is weakness when opposed." " Made poetry...

...population in all countries. The REV. T. SPENCEII, of Bath, observed, the remark has been often, made, that "War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But he had not heard the proper inference drawn from these words. It would seem to follow that it is...