 | 1827 - 452 pages
...GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. [from Ilood's WMmt and MdUb'O Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs. So he laid down his arms I Now as they bore him off the field. Said he " Let others shoot. For here I leave my second leg, And... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...pathetic mood. It is a sort of companion to Sally Brown. BEN Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he...Foot !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs; But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" • Now Ben he... | |
 | 1826 - 622 pages
...a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his logs, So be laid down bis arms ! Now as they bore him off the field. Said he,...leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot!" The army surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite,... | |
 | 1826 - 590 pages
...soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off hi s legs. So he laid down his arms! Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, Now as they bore him off the field. And the Forty-second Foot!" The army-surgeons made him limbs: Said... | |
 | 1827 - 334 pages
...the earnest hope of soon seeing Mr. Hood again. ' Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he...field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave ray second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " ' The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " they're... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannon-ball look off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Xow, as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others...leave my second leg. And the Forty-second Foot.'' The army surgeons made him limbs: Said he, " They're only pegs; But there 's as wooden members quite. As... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pages
...a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, Sa he laid down las arms. " Now, as they bore him off the field, Said...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second foot.' " A humorous play upon the same terms in a paragraph taken from the" Nottingham Mercury," ¡a running... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...for their cleverness, abundance, and extravagance. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...for their cleverness, abundance, and extravagance. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...extravagance. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took oft' his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in... | |
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BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, 'Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot! 
