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" But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. "
French and Belgians - Side 170
af Phebe Earle Gibbons - 1879 - 414 sider
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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 sider
...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 1" extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby...
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History of the Persians

Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 sider
...should be dismayed. Thus lightly could he sport with human life. Surely, in all ages of the world, " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby...
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Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Bind 1

Edward Everett - 1850 - 708 sider
...altogether. It was not a republican, but 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 at." * These remarks, it will be observed from the date of the address, were made several years before the...
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The War with Mexico Reviewed

Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1850 - 324 sider
...one, or the few, would be pacific. War has been charged upon rulers, though it has been confessed it " Is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But we are disappointed. We see that republics can wage as fierce, brutal, and unjust wars, as feudal...
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The War with Mexico Reviewed

Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1850 - 312 sider
...one, or the few, would be pacific. War has been charged upon rulers, though it has been confessed it " Is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But we are disappointed. We see that republics can wage as fierce, brutal, arid unjust wars, as feudal...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1850 - 516 sider
...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. Na'tions would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby...
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The Freewill Baptist Quarterly, Bind 1

1853 - 504 sider
...fighting, ie—have men to fight for him, and they must be paid. How true the words of one who has said : " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But Charles wanted money; he would take it through the vote of his parliament, if they would give it...
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De Quincey's works, Bind 12

Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 352 sider
...hunger, as death, as the frailty of human expectations. Cowper, about sixty years ago, had said — " War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But Cowper would not have said this had he not been nearly related to the "Whig house of Panshanger....
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Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry, and a ...

William Cowper - 1853 - 796 sider
...Some seek diversion in the tented field, 185 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...
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Theological Essays and Other Papers: On Christianity as an organ of ...

Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 332 sider
...hunger, as death, as the frailty of human expectations. Cowper, about sixty years ago, had said, ' War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.' But Cowper would not have said this, had he not been nearly related to the Whig house of Panshanger....
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