 The same city -/' has also exemplified a melancholy — yea a dismal truth ; yet consolatory, and full of joy; that, — when a people are called suddenly to fight for their liberty, and are sorely pressed upon, — their best field of battle is the floors...  The Edinburgh annual register - Page 3181810Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - Convention of Cintra - 1809 - 234 pages
...family of each man has slept (his owner his neighbours') ; upon or under the roofs by which theyiiave been sheltered; in the gardens of their recreation...their Temples ; and among their congregated dwellings — blazing,or up-rooted. The Goverpment of Spain must never forget Saragossa for a moment. Nothing... | |
 | Europe - 1810 - 600 pages
...sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept...before the altars of their temples, and among their congrefted dwellings, blazing or uprooted. The government of Spain must never forget aragoza for a... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1810 - 602 pages
...sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept...the roofs by which they have been sheltered, in the garden s of their recreation; in the street, or in the market-place ; before the altars of their temples,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 176 pages
...sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept...their congregated dwellings, blazing, or up-rooted. 41 The government of Spain must never forget Zaragoza for a moment. Nothing is wanting to produce the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 254 pages
...sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon . which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept...and among their congregated dwellings, blazing or up-rootei'. " The government of Spain must never forget Zaragoza for a moment. Nothing is wanting to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 394 pages
...sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept...or in the marketplace ; before the altars of their templas, and among their congregated dwellings, blazing or up-rooted. " The government of Spain must... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1850 - 358 pages
...sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept,...their congregated dwellings, blazing or up-rooted. everywhere, but a leading mind, such as that city was blessed with. In the latter contest this has... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered...their congregated dwellings, blazing or uprooted."— K..] (1) " Sigilla in mento impressa Amoris digitulo LIX. Match me, ye climes! which poets love to... | |
 | William Brockedon - Europe - 1833 - 462 pages
...floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered...their congregated dwellings, blazing or uprooted.' " Southey, in his most interesting account of the memorable Siege of Saragoza, says of this heroine,... | |
 | William Brockedon - Europe - 1833 - 438 pages
...floors upon which their children have played ; the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered...their congregated dwellings, blazing or uprooted.' " Southey, in his most interesting account of the memorable Siege of Saragoza, says of this heroine,... | |
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