| 1887 - 548 sider
...on the Northern side. " Rebellion, foul dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft hath stained The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained. How many a spirit born to bless Hath sunk beneath thy withering name, Whom but a day's, an... | |
| Southern Historical Society - 1888 - 478 sider
...second, it has left them to that " foul dishonoring word, Whose wrongful blights so oft has stained The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained." But whether "Rebellion" or "Revolution," so it has happened that twice this section of the... | |
| Everhardus Johannes Potgieter - 1890 - 528 sider
...hebben getwijfeld, toen hij later uit Thomas Moore's Fire-Worshippers de schoone plaats vertaalde?: „Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, „Whose wrongful...has stain'd ..The holiest cause that tongue or sword ,.0f mortal ever lost or gain'd. „How many a spirit, born to bless, „Hath sunk beneath that withering... | |
| Lucius Eugene Chittenden - 1891 - 494 sider
...any cause in which Jefferson Davis is a leader. There is contamination in his touch. If secession was the ' holiest cause that tongue or sword of mortal ever lost or gained,' he would ruin it ! He will bear a great amount of watching. My friends in Congress learned... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1892 - 582 sider
...have thrown; Here — ere the winds half wing'd thee o'er — Rebellion brav'd thee from the shore. Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful...lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that with'ring name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame... | |
| Georg Brandes - 1892 - 558 sider
...irske Oprør, der i Halvtredserne udkom med Titelen: Rebellion book and black history*) *) De lyde: Rebellion! foul dishonouring word, Whose wrongful...that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. Det var Moores polemiske Stilling' som Irlænder, der gjorde ham det umuligt at se den store Politik... | |
| Georg Brandes - 1892 - 558 sider
...irske Oprør, der i Halvtredserne udkom med Titelen: Rebellion book and black history*) *) De lyde: Rebellion! foul dishonouring word, Whose wrongful...that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. 272 Naturalismen i England. Det var Moores polemiske Stilling som Irlænder, der gjorde ham det umuligt... | |
| Alexander Martin Sullivan - 1892 - 686 sider
...thousands, yet did they one'and all demean themselves with a dignity a fortitude, a heroism worthy of The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained. Some of them were peasants, others were professional men, others were soldiers, many were artizans.... | |
| 1895 - 768 sider
...Kick off their burdens — meaning the high classes. _ , ... , <• i j- T. • j Byron, D- J. xi. 84. Rebellion ! foul dishonouring word, Whose wrongful...ever lost or gain'd ! How many a spirit born to bless Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame... | |
| Kate Cumming - 1895 - 332 sider
...our views of the matter. " Rebellion! foul dishonoring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stained The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name; Whom but a day's,... | |
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