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«Ben Battle was a soldier bold, / And used to war's alarms: / But a cannon-ball took off his legs, / So he laid down his arms.»
«I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.»
Author: Lenny Bruce (Comedian, Satirist) | About: Cities | Keywords: cannon, cannons, park, small town, towns
«Most of my dreams came true. (told to biographer Lou Cannon in 1991)»
«Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon»
«CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.»
«Forward the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die; Into the valley of death, Rode the six hundred, Cannon to right»
«Arm! Arm! it is - it is - the cannon's opening roar!»
Author: Lord Byron | Keywords: cannon
«If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots»
«Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!)»
«Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot,Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!The beggars have changed places but the lash goes on.»