 Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore, A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race.  Macmillan's Magazine - Página 1301861Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | James Lorimer - 1880 - 604 páginas
...hope will preserve a permanent place in our literature :— " Ixial niiht, among his fellow-roughs, He jested, quaffed- and swore, A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never looked before. To-Uay, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, And... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1883 - 338 páginas
...thrown on a dung-hill." — China Correspondent of the Times. Last night, among his fellow-roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore ; A drunken private...English instinct fraught He yet can call his own. Aye, tear his body limb from limb, Bring cord, or axe, or flame ; He only knows, that not through him... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 394 páginas
...fellow roughs, He jested, quaff 'd, and swore, — A drunken Private of the Buffs, Who never look'd before : To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands...her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewilder'd, and alone, A heart with English instinct fraught He yet can call his own. Ay! tear his... | |
 | Cyril L. C. Locke - 1883 - 124 páginas
...Cavour died, leaving the well-earned reputation of being the first Italian statesman of his time. 166. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered,...English instinct fraught, He yet can call his own. 167. Thee, shepherd, thee, the woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding ivy overgrown,... | |
 | Boy - 1884 - 156 páginas
...farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. Hood. THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS IN CHINA. LAST night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore...crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low born, untaught, Bewildered and alone, A heart with English instinct fraught He yet can call his... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 páginas
...swore : A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never look'd before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, 5 He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's...her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, BewilderM, and alone, 10 A heart, with English instinct fraught, He yet can call his own. Ay ! tear... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 páginas
...infinity attachment diminished infuriated subtlety XLV I. THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS. 1. Last night, among his fellow roughs He jested, quaffed, and swore;...Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. 2. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct... | |
 | Cyril L. C. Locke - 1885 - 114 páginas
...Cavour died, leaving the well-earned reputation of being the first Italian statesman of his time. 166. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered,...English instinct fraught, He yet can call his own. 167. Thee, shepherd, thee, the woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding ivy overgrown... | |
 | 1886 - 562 páginas
...to sell." DE. WOLCOTT. THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA.* FAST night, among his fellow-roughs, -«—* He jested, quaffed and swore — A drunken private...Buffs Who never looked before ; To-day, beneath the foeraan's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown And type of all her race.... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 páginas
...Syne, ROBERT ТКАШ. SFENCS LOWILL. THE OLD POLITICIAN. 415 £ IK JJriuutc of the Onffs. LAST night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore...crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-bom, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught, He yet can call his... | |
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