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...numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultouus sound, The victor's shouts and dying groans confound...dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock...

...certain stage, it was carried to Godolphin; and the last lines which he read were these: — "ButO, my muse! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd? * "Addison usually studied all the morning; then met his party at Button's; dined there, and stayed...

...Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe ranged on their borders stands. But, O my muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing...dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst of cannon rends the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlbro's mighty soul was...

...Godolphin ; and the last lines which he read Were these : — " But 0, my muse ! what numbers -n iit thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd...dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'Twos then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock...

...it was carried to Godolphin ; and the last lines which he read were these : — " But 0, my mnse 1 what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops...and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst of cumon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty...

...when about to describe the battle of Blenheim. But O my muse! what numbers wilt them find To ling: the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks, I...sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans, confound ; &c. Introductions of this kind, are a forced attempt in a writer, to spur up himself, and his reader,...

...Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe ranged on their borders stands. But, O my muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groans confound,...

...hare complained of this paragraph as too general for effective description. — G. But 0, my muse,1 what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd 1 Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful...

...reached a certain stage, it was carried to Godolphin; and the last lines which he read were these : — " But O, my muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing...dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'T was then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock...