 The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like...  Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge - Page 341836Full view - About this book
 | David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried,...girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran through the town half naked. Sir William* he, snug as a flea, Lay all this time a snoring ; Nor dreamt of harm,... | |
 | David Humphreys - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1818 - 298 pages
...up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried,...girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran through the town half naked. Si ir William* he, snug as a flea, Lay all this time a snoring ; * Sir William Howe.... | |
 | David Humphreys - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1818 - 292 pages
...up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried,...denied, But said the earth had quaked : And girls »nd boys, with hideous noise, Kan through the town half naked. Sir William* he, snug as a flea, Lay... | |
 | Samuel Putnam Waldo - Agriculture - 1819 - 208 pages
...up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried, which some denied, But said tbe earth bad quaked : And girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran through the town half naked, Sir... | |
 | James Thacher - United States - 1823 - 686 pages
...up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried,...girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran through the town half naked. Sir William* he, snug as a flea, Lay all this time a snoring ; Nor dreamt of harm,... | |
 | John Trumbull - United States - 1826 - 180 pages
...deny'd, But said the earth had quaked : And girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran through the town half naked, Sir William he, snug as a flea, Lay all this time a snorixg, Nor dreamt of harm, as he lay warm In bed with Mrs. L g. Now in a fright, he starts upright,... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 502 pages
...up and down, throughout the town. Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried,...the streets half naked. Sir William* he, snug as a flee, Lay all this time a snoring ; Nor dreamt of harm, as he lay warm In bed with Mrs. L ng.f * Sir... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...np and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried,...the streets half naked. Sir William* he, snug as a flee, Lay all this time a snoring ; Nor dreamt of harm, as he lay warm In bed with Mrs. L ng.f * Sir... | |
 | Poetry - 1827 - 158 pages
...some ran here, and some ran there, Like men almost distracted. Some 'Fire' cry'd ; which some deny'd, But said the earth had quaked: And girls and boys with hideous noise, Ran through the town half naked. Sir William* he, snug as a flea, Lay all 'this time a snoring ; Nor dreamt 'of harm,... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 408 pages
...the news. And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic icenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cry'd, which some denied, But said the earth had quaked; And girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran... | |
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