| English literature - 1838 - 594 pages
...universal currency to the inimitable " Ebenezer Lyric." . . . Our hope is in the Lord on high ; Then put your trust in God, my boys, And keep your powder dry." A sentiment truly worthy of the Puritan heroes of Naseby. Sir H. Hardinge, with the utmost good-humour,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1836 - 694 pages
...Dublin presided, and at which the rev. Mr. M'Crea recited a poem, the burthen of which was — " Then put your trust in God, my boys, And keep your powder dry 1*' Show me any of our prose equal to his poetry ? I forbear from making any comments on it, and shall... | |
| 1838 - 804 pages
...sal currency to the inimitable " Ebenezer Lyric." , . . . " Our hope is in the Lord on high ; Then put your trust in God, my boys, And keep your powder dry." A sentiment truly worthy of the Puritan heroes of Naseby. Sir H. Hardinge, with the utmost good humor,... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1838 - 456 pages
...our God's unmutilated word, These, these the war-cry of our march, our hope the Lord on high, Then put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry. Whatever those in authority may be led to think by the designing men who mock their credulity, it would... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth - Ireland - 1838 - 462 pages
...great William, Boyne'sred'ning torrent through, In his protecting aid confide and every foe defy, Then put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry. Already see the star of hope emit its orient blaze, The cheering beacon of relief, it glimmers through... | |
| Books - 1840 - 954 pages
...your wives, your children, and your sweethearts, to be for ever toiling for other people's benefits ? Nothing can convince tyrants of their folly, but gunpowder...powder dry. Be patient a day or two, but be ready at a moment's warning; no man knows what to-morrow may bring forth. Be readv, then, to nourish the tree... | |
| History - 1840 - 954 pages
...your wives, your children, and your sweethearts, to be for ever toiling for other people's benefits? Nothing can convince tyrants of their folly, but gunpowder...powder dry. Be patient a day or two, but be ready at a moment's warning ; no man knows what to-morrow may bring forth. Be ready, then, to nourish the tree... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1840 - 966 pages
...your wives, your children, and your sweethearts, to be for ever toiling for other people's benefits ? Nothing can convince tyrants of their folly, but gunpowder and steel ; so put j'our trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry. Be patient a day or two, but be ready at a moment's... | |
| sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Ballads, Irish - 1845 - 262 pages
...sea and desert waste, that Pow'r is still lie fails not He. the loyal hearts that firm on him rely— So put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry. The Pow'r that nerv'd the stalwart arms of Gideon's chosen few, The Pow'r that led great William, Boyue's... | |
| Richard Lalor Sheil - Great Britain - 1847 - 480 pages
...Dublin presided, and at which the Reverend Mr. M'Crea recited a poem, the burden of which was — Then, put your trust in God, my boys, And keep your powder dry. I never heard the poetry of this belligerent predestinarian made the subject of censure by those who... | |
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