 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 head.  Sixth Reader - Page 192by Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1800 - 614 pages
...French to rout ; But what they kill'd each other for, I could not well make out. But every body faid, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. « My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pages
...the French to rout ; But what they kill'd each other for, I could not well make out. But every body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father...at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pages
...And what they kill'd each other for. It was the English, Kaspar cried, That put the French to route ; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out. But every body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little... | |
 | 1808 - 844 pages
...'tw'as a famous victory. My father live J at Blenheim then. Von little stream ha;'d by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly : So with '.its wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword this country ronnd... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 pages
...the French to rout ; But what they kill'd each other for, I could not well make out. But every body said," quoth he, " That 'twas a famous victory. "...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... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...French to root; But what they kill'd each other for, I could not well make out. point But every hody said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard hy, They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forc*d to fly ; So with his wife and child he... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...the French to rout; But what they kill'd each other for, I could not well make out: But every body said," quoth he, " That 'twas a famous victory! "...at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burn'd his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 pages
...will but read Southey 's little poem on the Battle of Blenheim. The logic of it is irresistible. " 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, IIP fled,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...what they killed each other for." "Itwas the English," Kaspar cried, (' Who put the French to rout; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out. But every body said," quoth he, " That 'twas a famous victory. " My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...And what they killed each other for. It was the English, Kaspar cried; That put the French to rout ; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out. But every body said, quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little... | |
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