 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!  Macmillan's Magazine - Página 3221860Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1860 - 594 páginas
...But a cannon-ball took his off 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 !' " The army surgeons made him limbs ; Said he, ' They're only pegs ; But there's as wooden members... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 páginas
...a cannon-ball took off his legs. So he laid down his arms ! ISTow, as they bore him off the field,. Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot:! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, " They're only pegs : Now, Ben he loved a pretty maid?... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1863 - 338 páginas
...a cannon ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. And as they bore him off the field, Says he, let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg And the Forty-second Foot,"— on this condition, that no one should trouble him with any further questions on the subject. Having extracted... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 páginas
...cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! " Now, as they bore him off the field, Says he, ' Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot.' " But, in general, the most successful puns are due to the variety of elements in 488 the English language.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 524 páginas
...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 !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden Members... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 páginas
...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 !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 páginas
...But a cannon-ball took oft' his legs, So he laid down his arms! Now as they bore him oft' the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, " For here I 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,... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 páginas
...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 !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — "They're only pegs: But there's as wooden members... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 páginas
...cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Nelly Gray. 529 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 !" Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray, So he went to pay her his devours, When... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 páginas
...a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. 2. 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." 3. The army surgeons made him limbs1 ; Said he, " They're only pegs1, But they're as wooden members... | |
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