 The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it.  Under the Evening Lamp - Сторінка 233автори: Richard Henry Stoddard - 1892 - 284 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 264 стор.
...of all the appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAR.SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it; We forced a strong position, . * And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's... | |
 | 1829 - 682 стор.
...author's humour, we must leave him with our readers. The following is the ' War-Song of Dinas Vawr*:— ' The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...carry off the latter. We made an expedition; We met a host, and quelled it; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. ' On Dyfed's richest... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 274 стор.
...glory : THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are i'atter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 стор.
...to imitate. The rhymes are also more felicitous, and the measure and grammar less objectionable. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We planned an expedition : • We met a host, and quelled it; We took a strong position, And killed the... | |
 | 1842 - 536 стор.
...bard is chiefly directed. The chorus of the heroes of Dinas Vawr is the tale common to the period. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...carry off the latter. We made an expedition : We met a host and quelled it; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. # '* * * * * "... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 стор.
...the flown — Way for the bier — make way ! MRS. IIEMANSLXXXVIL— THE WAR-SONG OF DIN AS VAUR. TUB mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it raeeter To carry off the ktter! We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 450 стор.
...flown — Way for the bier — make way ! LXXXVU.— THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAUE. THE mountain sheep ore sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore...carry off the latter ! We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest... | |
 | 1908 - 536 стор.
...any casual reader who has ever been able to put out of his head the divinely droll first lines : " The mountain sheep are sweeter. But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter." Was comic verse ever more august ? And of wine-songs is there any, outside Burns (and with how great... | |
 | 1927 - 594 стор.
...author or of the poem have quoted the lines: The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley ¿heep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. Religion WAS JESrS INFLUENCED BY BUDDHISM? A Comparative Study of the Lives and Thoughts of Gautama... | |
 | 1875 - 1012 стор.
...henceforth to be accessible in every library. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep arc fatter, We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter : We made an expedition, We met a host and quelled it, We forced a strong position And killed the men who held it. " We brought away... | |
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