...our list, 36,000 Englishmen perished by the hands of fellow-countrymen, will not say with Cowper, " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at," and will not pray for the time when men shall " beat their swords into ploughshares, and...

...was not a republican — it was the subject of a monarchy, and no patron of novelties-- -who said, " War is a game, which, were their subjects Wise, Kings would not play aft" A great majority of the wars which have desolated mankind, have grown either out of the disputed...

...goeth forth in his might." This was the last war in England. War has ever been the curse of the world. War is a game which were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Our prayer should be, " Scatter the men who delight in war." For a hundred years we have had...

...military strategy of a period of the greatest interest to the welfare of our race, will shew us that — ' War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.' Captain Siborne has most effectually answered the very plausible censures of Mr. Alison,...

...powerless to control. How important then that the people should be "-wise in time !" and if it be true that "War is a game ; which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at" ; how great is the responsibility which rests upon every wise citizen, and every true patriot,...

...population in all countries. The REV. T. SPENCEII, of Bath, observed, the remark has been often, made, that "War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But he had not heard the proper inference drawn from these words. It would seem to follow...

...altogether. It was not a republican, but the subject of a monarchy, and no patron of novelties, who said, — "War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." * These remarks, it will be observed from the date of the address, were made several years...

...should be dismayed. Thus lightly could he sport with human life. Surely, in all ages of the world, " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm...

...hunger, as death, as the frailty of human expectations. Cowper, about sixty years ago, had said — " War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But Cowper would not have said this had he not been nearly related to the "Whig house of...

...fighting, ie—have men to fight for him, and they must be paid. How true the words of one who has said : " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But Charles wanted money; he would take it through the vote of his parliament, if they would...