 He captured many thousand guns ; He wrote "The Great" before his name ; And dying, only left his sons The recollection of his shame. Though more than half the world was his, He died without a rood his own ; And borrowed from his enemies Six foot of ground...  Chess Player's Chronicle - Page 2421877Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1841 - 144 pages
...more than half the world was his, He died without a rood his own; And borrowed from his enemies He fought a thousand glorious wars, And more than half...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is. Paris, 1st January. TC Savill, Printer, 10;, St. Martin's-lane. PREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION.... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1875 - 470 pages
...; And borrowed from his enemies Six feet of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious ware, And more than half the world was his. And somewhere...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is ! "HOW DARE YOU STRIKE ME ?" A pleasant story of the childhood of the Danish writer, Hans Christian... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1851 - 358 pages
...And borrowed from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious Avars, And more than half the world was his. And somewhere,...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is. Pant 1st /unNnrif. THE END. PRINTED BY BEENH. TAUCHNITZ JUN. f ... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1855 - 526 pages
...his, He died without a rood his own ; And borrow'd from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious wars, And more than half...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is. This ballad was written at Paris at the time of the Second Funeral of Napoleon. THE KING OF BEENTFOKD'S... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855 - 248 pages
...his, He died without a rood his own; And borrowed from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious wars, And more than half...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is. THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT. THE noble king of Brentford Was old and very sick; He summoned his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1856 - 260 pages
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 | Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1865 - 562 pages
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...his, He died without a rood his own ; And borrow'd from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious wars, . And more than half...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is. 1841. ABD-EL-KADER AT TOULON. OR, THE CAGED HAWK. No more, thou lithe and long-winged hawk, of desert-life... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 432 pages
...his, He died without a rood his own ; And borrow'd from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious wars, And more than half...yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness is. 1841. ABD-EL-KADER AT TOULON. OR, THE CAGED HAWK. No more, thou lithe and long-winged hawk, of desert-life... | |
 | 1869 - 852 pages
...lie died without a rood hie own ; | And borrowed from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. He fought a thousand glorious wars. And more than half the world was hie, And somewhere now, in yonder stars, Can tell, mayhap, what greatness U." One of the noblest literary... | |
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