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" BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms : But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " The... "
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by Thomas Hood - 1871
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 7

1827 - 452 pages
...dread tyrant no more. Urtrpnl. CFAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. [from Ilood's WMmt and MdUb'O Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...cannon-ball took off his legs. So he laid down his arms I Now as they bore him off the field. Said he " Let others shoot. For here I leave my second leg, And...
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The London Magazine, Volume 6

1826 - 622 pages
...from the most successful piece of punning in the book — Faithless Nelly Gray, apathetic ballad. — FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A Pathetic Ballad. Ben Battle...used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his logs, So be laid down bis arms ! Now as they bore him off the field. Said he, " Let others shoot. For...
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The London Magazine, Volume 16

English literature - 1826 - 590 pages
...most successful piece of punning in the book—Faithless Nelly Gray, a pathetic ballad.— FA1TIILE93 NELLY GRAY. A Pathetic Ballad. Ben Battle was a soldier...And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off hi s legs. So he laid down his arms! Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, Now...
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The Pocket Magazine

English literature - 1827 - 334 pages
...has squeezed out of us by dint of laughing, and in the earnest hope of soon seeing Mr. Hood again. ' Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave ray second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " ' The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " they're...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Nancy Low Has married Mr. K : The jilt! but I can live, So I have, my cigar. FAITHLESS XELLY GliAY. BEV BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannon-ball look off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Xow, as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 15

American periodicals - 1847 - 640 pages
...or importance. In the creation of puns Hood probably excels all other wits in luxuriant abundance. " Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, Sa he laid down las arms. " Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, ' Let others shoot ; For...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 12

American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...or importance. In the creation of puns Hood probably excels all other wits in luxuriant abundance. " Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms : But a cannon ball took off his leg?, So he laid down his arms. " Now, as they bore him off the field, ¡Said...
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The Renfrewshire Magazine

1847 - 522 pages
...beauteous earth, Poor Hood ! We know none more exquisite than his ; and even Mr. Hunt quotes a few. " Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a canon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms I Now as they bore him off the field, Said he,...
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops. XCIX— FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. THOMAS HOOD. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...cannon-ball took off" his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Wow as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide: Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...dangers I had pass'd ; And I loved her', that she did pity^ them. LESSON LVII. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAT. 1. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his kgs, So he laid down his arms, 2. Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others^ shoot,...
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