| 1829 - 682 páginas
...author's humour, we must leave him with our readers. The following is the ' War-Song of Dinas Vawr*:— ' The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition; We met a host, and quelled it; We forced a strong position, And killed the men... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 264 páginas
...of all the appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAR.SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it; We forced a strong position, . * And killed... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 páginas
...to imitate. The rhymes are also more felicitous, and the measure and grammar less objectionable. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We planned an expedition : • We met a host, and quelled it; We took a strong position, And killed... | |
| 1842 - 536 páginas
...bard is chiefly directed. The chorus of the heroes of Dinas Vawr is the tale common to the period. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition : We met a host and quelled it; We forced a strong position, And killed the men... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 páginas
...the flown — Way for the bier — make way ! MRS. IIEMANSLXXXVIL— THE WAR-SONG OF DIN AS VAUR. TUB mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it raeeter To carry off the ktter! We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 450 páginas
...flown — Way for the bier — make way ! LXXXVU.— THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAUE. THE mountain sheep ore sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter ! We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the... | |
| 1927 - 594 páginas
...author or of the poem have quoted the lines: The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley ¿heep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. Religion WAS JESrS INFLUENCED BY BUDDHISM? A Comparative Study of the Lives and Thoughts of Gautama... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 páginas
...of all the appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAE-SONG OF DINAS VAWK. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met an host and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 páginas
...appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mouritain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met an host and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the... | |
| Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1877 - 326 páginas
...to do with our present subject, I hope you will allow me to indulge myself by reading them to you. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition, We met a host and quelled it, We stormed a strong position, And killed the men... | |
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