 For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced snubnosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, And strike, if he could, were it but with...  Littell's Living Age - Page 6111910Full view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1855 - 808 pages
...loud war by land and by sea, Wir with a thousand hattles, and shaking a hundred thrones. For I trust If an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill,...rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of tho foam, That the smooth-faced muli-nosed rogue would Iran from lai counter and titl, And strike,... | |
 | 1855 - 714 pages
...are pale, he concludes with a contemptuous taunt upon the man lost in the shopkeeper: " For I trust, if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced, snub-nosed rogue would leap from his counter and... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 684 pages
...are pale, he concludes with a contemptuous taunt upon the man lost in the shopkeeper: " For I trust, if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt Bang from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced, snub-nosed rogue would leap from... | |
 | England - 1855 - 812 pages
...loud war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battle», and shaking a hundred thrones. For I trust If an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing .battle-bolt saug from the three-decker out of the foam, That Vie »niootft-fiwed enub-nftttfii rogue vxwld Ifaji... | |
 | 1855 - 946 pages
...loud war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking * hundred throne*. For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle bolt sang from the three-docker out of the foam, That the Mnooth-Cieed, snub-nosed nxrue would... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 1855 - 180 pages
...war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. 18. For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the mailing battle-bolt sang from the threedecker out of the foam, That the smoothfaced snubnosed rogue... | |
 | 1856 - 430 pages
...enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hi'l. And the running battle-bolt sanafrom Vie tltrte-decker oat of the foam, That the smooth-faced, snub-nosed rogue...strike, if he could, were it but with his cheating yard wand home." If we must gather a lesson from the poem, this is it; not that war is absolutely good,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - China - 1856 - 732 pages
...anti-trade " Maud." He desires war because he hopes, if the enemy's fleet attacks our shores, (! !) " That the smooth-faced snub-nosed rogue would leap...were it but with his cheating yard-wand, home." The use of the word " snub-nosed " in these lines is founded on a widely prevailing impression that snub... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - China - 1856 - 754 pages
...anti-trade " Maud." He desires war because he hopes, if the enemy's fleet attacks our shores, (! !) " That the smooth-faced snub-nosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, Aud strike if he could, were it but with his cheating yard-wand, home," The use of the word "snub-nosed"... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - 1856 - 746 pages
...anti-trade " Maud." He desires war because he hopes, if the enemy's fleet attacks our shores, (!!) " That the smooth-faced snub-nosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, Aud strike if he could, were it but wilh his cheating yard-wand, home." The use of the word "snub-nosed"... | |
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