 | Thomas Carlyle - 2002 - عدد الصفحات: 1258
...See introduction xxxix-xli. 10.18. 'famous victory': Robert Southey, "The Battle of Blenheim" (1798): "'But what good came of it at last?' / Quoth little...cannot tell,' said he; / 'But 'twas a famous victory'" (stanza 11). 10.26. Gazetteer: A journalist. The gazette, a record of contemporary events, was the... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...praised the Duke IN TIME Who such a fight did win." °F WAR "But what good came of it at last?" I 425 Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory!" ROBERT SOUTHEY ENGLISH (1774-1843) The Charge of the Light Brigade Half a league, half a league, Half... | |
 | Donald E. Schmidt - 2005 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...1996), p. X. But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. And everybody praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win. 'But what...cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory." 1 LIES, DECEPTION AND EXAGGERATIONS "We are talking about using military force, but we are not talking... | |
 | Donald E. Schmidt - 2005 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...1996), p. X. But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. And everybody praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win. 'But what...that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."1 LIES, DECEPTION AND EXAGGERATIONS "We are talking about using military force, but we are... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2006 - عدد الصفحات: 760
...Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory. And everybody praised the Duke who this great fight did win." "But what...cannot tell," said he, "but 'twas a famous victory." The Scholar1 My days among the Dead are past; around me 1 behold, where'er these casual eyes are cast.... | |
 | Lodwick H. Alford - 2006 - عدد الصفحات: 304
...little bit. It brings to mind those famous words of Robert Southey in his poem "The Battle of Blenheim." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin...cannot tell," said he; "But 'twas a famous victory." Impending Disaster I^ARLY on Friday 30 January Barker and Stewart got under• way from Holland pier... | |
 | Richard A. Chapman, Michael Hunt - 2006 - عدد الصفحات: 182
...into the political culture. Chapter 3 The Potential Benefits of Freedom of Information Simon James "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin....cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory." Robert Southey, The Battle of Blenheim Introduction The quotation does not denote hostility to Fol;... | |
 | Richard Leigh - 2006 - عدد الصفحات: 250
...At the end of the poem, the little boy asks 'what good came of it at last?' The old man is baffled. 'Why that I cannot tell,' said he, 'But 'twas a famous victory.' Today, the Battle of Blenheim seems even more remote. For many people today, the very name connotes... | |
 | William James - 2007 - عدد الصفحات: 709
...the duke Who this great fight did win. ' ' Bat what good came of it at last? " Quoth little Peterkfa, Why, that I cannot tell," said he, ' But 'twas a famous victory I '" CHAPTEB XIV.* ASSOCIATION. AFTEB discrimination, association ! Already in the last chapter I have... | |
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