| Washington Irving - 1882 - 910 페이지
...adverted in a mellow and delightful manner to the little half gay, half melancholy campaigning song, said to have been composed by General Wolfe, and sung...boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ! For should next campaign Send us to him who made us, boys, We're free from pain : Bat should we remain,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 페이지
...adverted in a mellow and delightful manner to the little half gay, half melancholy campaigning song, said to have been composed by General Wolfe, and sung...boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ! For should next campaign Send us to him who made us, boys, We're free from pain : But should we remain,... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1882 - 220 페이지
...Kensington Gardens. He talks frequently about " the service," and is fond of humming the old song, "Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys...Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die !" I cannot diacover, however, that the general has ever run any great risk of dying, excepting from an... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 572 페이지
...Kensington Garden. He talks frequently about " the service," and is fond of humming the old song, " Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys...Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die! " I cannot discover, however, that the general has ever run any great risk of dying, excepting from an... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 페이지
...have composed and sung at his evening mess that little campaigning song still linked with his name : Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys? Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to did Voi. I.— 12* Even when embarked in his midnight enterprise, the presentiment of death seems to... | |
| Richard Valpy French - 1884 - 446 페이지
...half-melancholy campaigning song, said to have heen composed by General Wolfe, and sung by him at the mess-table on the eve of the storming of Quebec, in which he...fell so gloriously : — Why, soldiers, why Should we he melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ? For should next campaign Send... | |
| Richard Valpy French - 1884 - 442 페이지
...at all periods ! lago's drinking song reminds us of the half-gay, half-melancholy campaigning song, said to have been composed by General Wolfe, and sung by him at the mess-table on the eve of the storming of Quebec, in which he fell so gloriously : — Why, soldiers,... | |
| James Parton - 1886 - 588 페이지
...one attributed to General Wolfe, who sang it the evening before he climbed the heights of Quebec : "Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ! For should the next campaign Send us to Him who made us, boys, We're free from pain ; But should... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1886 - 202 페이지
...to." Then he sang, with great sweetness and much pathos, the old familiar camp-song, beginning — " Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ! For should next campaign Send us to Him who made us, boys, We're free from pain ; But should we remain,... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1886 - 218 페이지
...to." Then he sang, with great sweetness and much pathos, the old familiar camp-song, beginning— " Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ! For should next campaign Send us to Him who made us, boys, We're free from pain ; But should we remain,... | |
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