...enlightened Cowper, now and then, suffered under a passing cloud of narrow prejudice. Ho has said, that " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." I take for granted, he does not mean to allude merely to particular instances of a wanton...

...last word remind the reader of Covvper, one of tlie most excellent, poetical, and miserable of men! War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny liamU Of heroes, w hose infirm...

...enlightened Cowper now and then suffered under a passing cloud of narrow prejudice. He has said, that " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." I take for granted, that he does not mean to allude merely to particular instances of a wanton...

...enlightened Cowper now and then suffered under a passing cloud of narrow prejudice. He has said, that " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." I take for granted, that he does not mean to allude merely to particular instances of a wanton...

...this I"1 word remind the reader of Cowper, one of the most excellent, poetical, and miserable of men ! War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do welt T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm...

...an individual, that this happy change will beeffected. Is not the poett correct in asserting, that " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at?" That war is lawful in certain cases, has been generally admit• Eiod. i«iv. 23, 24. + Cowper....

...and we apprehend such proof cannot •be found. We agree with Cowper, as quoted by our author— " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." We bow to the Scripture declaration, that wars and fightings proceed from the lusts which...

...risk, — and feel, and suffer less, And see not what they cause of vice, and deep distress. XCIV. " War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." Suffer me, again, Reader! to quote a poet whom I prize; Nor fancy such a repetition vain....

...from Cowper, is a text which would furnish a still more ample commentary than he founds upon it : ' War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.' We shall not enter further into the argument of the leading poem. We applaud the Author's...

...The savages were furnished with hatchets, to cut and hack the flesh and bones of their fellow Chris* War is a game, which, were their subjects Wise, Kings would not play at. • COWPEB. tians; of those who may be deemed in a political sense, their brothers, sisters,...