...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...

...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 lie not been nearly related to the Whig house of...

...the glory of the king, while it impoverished the people, and made good the saying of the dramatist, War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. To gratify his warlike ambition, and lust of conquest, Edward the Third, and his far-famed...

...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...

...horror and the consequences of war are contrary to the spirit of the Christian religion, and that " war is a game which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at." In the Church at the present time, we sorely want men of varied qualifications to lead the...

...arid Cowper was the last, who followed it out with a dash of radicalism in the sentiment : — " But war is a game, which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at." ~~ ThtrttTalogue I have alluded to is an edifying commentary upon the light causes and grave...

...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 Panshanger....

...May heaven to these sad cries its ear incline, And make the peoples wiser than the throne !* • " War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." CowPKE. SONNET, ON REARING THE REV. WH BROOKFIELD, MA, AT WHITEHALL CHAPEL, SUNDAY, JUNE...

...democracy," is said to be a favourite maxim with General Moltke. Cowper spoke truly when he said — " War is a game which were their subjects wise Kings would not play at." And their subjects are gaining a little wisdom by bitter experience since Cowper wrote. They...

...neighbourhood of London Bridge and the Exchange. Fifty years ago a poet of our own observed — • "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...