| 1824 - 494 pages
...Tbe pas sage alluded to, by Lord Byron i* a* follow! : Of all men, sating S.vlln, the nian«layiT, Who passes for in life and death most lucky, Of the great names which in our faces stfire, The General Boon, bock woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest among mortals any where ; For killing... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Don Juan (Legendary character) - 1823 - 204 pages
...And pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be our home at last: — • LXI. Of all men, saving Sylla the Man-slayer, Who passes...General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where ; For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoyed the lonely, vigorous,... | |
| John Filson - 1823 - 52 pages
...39 &>•*•• n — -> ' M 5 •? t •' EULOGY ON COLONEL BOON, AND CHOICE OF LIFE BY LORD BYRON. Of all men, saving Sylla the manslayer, Who passes...lucky, Of the great names which in our faces stare, The Colonel Boon, backwoodsman of Kentucky Was happiest amongst mortals any where: For, killing nothing... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 346 pages
...known; And pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be our home at last:— LXI. Of all men, saving Sylla the Man-slayer, Who passes...names which in our faces stare, The General Boon, hackwoodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where; For killing nothing but a bear or... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...known; And pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods should be our home at last. LXI. Of all men, saving Sylla the man-slayer, Who passes...General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where; For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoyed the lonely, vigorous,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...never known; And, pondering nn the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be our home at last. Of all men , saving Sylla the Man-slayer, Who passes...General Boon , back-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where; For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoy'd the lonely, vigorous,... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...never known; And, pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be our home at last. Of all men, saving Sylla the Man-slayer, Who passes...great names which in our faces stare, The General Boon , hack-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where ; For killing nothing but a bear... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...known ; And pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be our home at last. LXI. Of all men, saving Sylla the manslayer, Who passes...General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where : For, killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoy'd the lonely, vigorous,... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...known; And pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be onr home at last: — Of all men, saving Sylla the Man-slayer, Who passes for in life and death most lncky, Of the great names which in onr faces stare, The General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentncky, Was... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...; And pondering on the present and the past, To deem the woods shall be our home at last : — LXI. Of all men, saving Sylla(') the man-slayer, Who passes...General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where ; For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoy'd the lonely, vigorous,... | |
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