 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
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 470 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 - 1871 - 410 páginas
...But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down Ms 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 - 1871 - 466 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 1 " III. The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 páginas
...But a cannon-ball look 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 the Forty-Second Foot ! " The army-sur^eons made him limbs : Said he, ' ' They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 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 limbs' ; Said he, " They're only pegs', But they're as wooden members... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1876 - 618 páginas
...a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! n. 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 !" in. The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1876 - 600 páginas
...a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! II. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Fool !" ill. The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he,—" They're only pegs : But there's as wooden... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1877 - 812 páginas
...inferior, when compared with one on a somewhat similar subject by Thomas Hood, namely, Ben Battle : Said he : ' Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg. And the forty-second foot.' Comparisons, however, are odious ; and it would be especially odious to Mr. Canning to pursue this... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1889 - 952 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... | |
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