 | Daniel Defoe - 1908
...there ha' let his book alone. No Parliament his army could disband ; He raised no money, for he paid in land. He gave his legions their eternal station, And made them all freeholders of the nation. He cantoned out the country to his men, i William the Conqueror. [DF] » Or archer. [DF] [240] And every... | |
 | Tiemen De Vries - 1916 - 394 halaman
...there ha' let his book alone. No parliament his army could disband ; He raised no money, for he paid in land. He gave his legions their eternal station...nation. He canton'd out the country to his men, And every soldier was a denizen The rascals thus enriched he called them Lords, To please their upstart... | |
 | English Association - 1913
...Book alone. No Parliament his Army cou'd disband ; [13] He rais'd no Money, for he paid in Land. 205 He gave his Legions their Eternal Station, And made...Country to his Men, And ev'ry Soldier was a Denizen. The Rascals thus enrich'd, he call'd them Lords, 2io To please their Upstart Pride with new-made Words... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1975 - 286 halaman
...cou'd disband; He rais'd no Money, for he paid in Land. He gave his Legions their Eternal Station, 205 And made them all Freeholders of the Nation. He canton'd...Country to his Men, And ev'ry Soldier was a Denizen. The Rascals thus enrich'd, he call'd them Lords, To please their Upstart Pride with new-made Words; 210... | |
 | Klaus Degering - 1977 - 512 halaman
...192 From this Amphibious Ill-born Mob began That vain ill natur'd thing, an Englishman. • • • He gave his Legions their Eternal Station, And made them all Free-holders of the Nation. • • • And here begins the Ancient Pedigree That so exalts our poor Nobility: 'Tis that from some... | |
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He gave the lands which never were his own; When first the English crown he did obtain, He did not send his Dutchmen home again. No re-assumptions in his reign were known, Davenant might there ha 
