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 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 498 sider
...were the Messenians treated ? 22. Did they submit to the yoke ? SECTION III. Second Messenian War. Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason...of the brave, And blasts them in the hour of might. MOORE. 2. Derje, *. a small town in Messenia. 4. Hardihood, *. daring courage. i. Response, *. answer.... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1841 - 194 sider
...certainly saved many thousands from massacre. Pages 476-7. The writer quotes from Moore's " Lalla Rookh:" " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, With... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 392 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He liv'd, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them and Faith and Heaven to scorn. T Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, —... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1841 - 198 sider
...saved many thousands from massacre. Pages 476-7- The writer quotes from Moore's " Lalla Rookh :" " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim. With... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 366 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He liv'd, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them and Faith and Heaven to scorn. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1842 - 468 sider
...them and Faith and Heaven to scorn.. Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treach'ries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips,... | |
 | Benjamin Wait - 1843 - 378 sider
...afterwards proved to have been him, as I will have occasion to relate. Oh! for a curse to kill the slnve, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the...of the brave, And blasts them in the hour of might. The large, heavy chain, it may well be imagined, added much to" our misery. Mr. Parker generally stood... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 sider
...behind on glory's bed. He liv'd, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them and Faith and Heav'n to scorn. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treach'ries to the brim, —... | |
 | 1844 - 524 sider
...priests. Sadly does the conduct of these schismatics call to remembrance the words of the poet :— " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes on the counsels of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might." The disgraceful attempt to raise... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - 1845 - 642 sider
...of Andre — Paulding, Williams, and Van Wert rewarded by Congress — Price of Arnold's Treason. " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hours of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, With... | |
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