 | Janice Potter-MacKinnon - History - 1995 - 220 pages
...Battle of the Kegs": "Sir William, he, snug as a flea, / Lay all the time a-snoring; / Nor dreamed of harm, as he lay warm / In bed with Mrs. L g.'"* 6 Other officers, such as General Friedrich Adolphus von Riedesel, the commander of the Hessian troops... | |
 | Mark Di Ionno - History - 2000 - 246 pages
...in particular, gave British-haters joy Sir William he, snug as a flea Lay all this time a snoring; Nor dream'd of harm, as he lay warm In bed with Mrs. L—. The American House Site (A Colonial Tavern) 135 E. Park Street This was the site of a revolutionary-era... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 680 pages
...noise, Ran thro' the streets half naked. Sir William he, snug as a flea, Lay all this time a snoring, Nor dream'd of harm as he lay warm, In bed with Mrs. L—g. Now in a fright, he starts upright, Awak'd by such a clatter; He rubs both eyes, and boldly... | |
 | Automobile travel - 2007 - 770 pages
...wood, And saw a thing surprising. * * * Sir William he, snug as a flea, Lay all this time a snoring; Nor dream'd of harm, as he lay warm In bed with Mrs. L . * * * Arise, arise! Sir Erskine cries; The rebels—more's the pity— Without a boat are all afloat,... | |
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Nor dream'd of harm as he lay warm, In bed with Mrs. L g. Now in a fright, he ftarts upright, Awak'd by fuch a clatter ; He rubs both eyes, and boldly cries, For God's fake, what's the matter 
