 | David Humphreys, Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati - 1788 - 202 Seiten
...unluckily ftruck againft fome iron plates-, where the rudder is connected with the ftern. This-.acAn hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word,. Sir,. It is moil true,. would be too few, Their valour- to record, Sir. Such feats did they perform that... | |
 | David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 Seiten
...night those men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And when the sun was fairly down, Retir'd to sup their porridge. An hundred men, with each a pen, , Or more, upon my word, Sir, It is most true, would be too few Their valour to record, Sir. * The British officers were 10 fond... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1805 - 244 Seiten
...expressed in this stanza,*we have borrowed, with some little alteration, from The Battle of the Kegs. " A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, Sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor. to record, Sir." When all his eloquence unmuzzling,... | |
 | David Humphreys - 1818 - 292 Seiten
...night those men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And when the sun was fairly down, Retir'd to sup their porridge. An hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, Sir, It is most true, would be too few Their valour to record, Sir. Such feats did they perform that day,... | |
 | James Thacher - 1823 - 686 Seiten
...might Display'd amazing courage : And when the sun was fairly down, Retir-d to sup their porridge. A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, Sir, It is most true, would be too few Their valor to record, Sir. * Sir William Erskine. Such feats did... | |
 | 1827 - 158 Seiten
...night, those men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And when the sun was fairly down, Retir'd to sup their porridge. An hundred men with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valour to record, sir. Such feats did they perform that day,... | |
 | James Thacher - 1827 - 494 Seiten
...might Display 'd amazing courage : And when the sun was fairly down, Retir'd to sup their porridge. A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, Sir, It is most true, would be too few Their valor to record, Sir. * Sir WillUm Erskin*. Such foals did... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 404 Seiten
...might Display'd amazing courage — And when the sun was fairly down, Ketir*d to sup their porrage. A hundred men with each a pen, Or more upon my word, sir, It is most true would be too few, Their valour to record, sir.' Such feats did they perform that day,... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 Seiten
...night these men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And when the sun was fairly down, Retired to sup their porridge. An hundred men with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir. It is most true, would be too few, Their valor, to record, sir. Such feats did they perform that day,... | |
 | 1829 - 426 Seiten
...night these men of might Display'd amazing courage ; And when the sun was fairly down, Retired to sup their porridge. An hundred men with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir. It is most true, would be too few, Their valor, to record, sir. Such feats did they perform that day,... | |
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A hundred men with each a pen, Or more upon my word, sir, It is most true would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. 
