Gainst

In 1990, Mr Travis wrote a successful operetta entitled Gainst All Disaster, based around the coming of the railway to Bedford.

Archive 2009-07-01 Rus Bowden 2009

In 1990, Mr Travis wrote a successful operetta entitled Gainst All Disaster, based around the coming of the railway to Bedford.

Poetic Obituaries: [Edward Blakeley Travis] was a prolific poet Rus Bowden 2009

Say fiftie three strong shyps could not fulfill, Gainst one poore mayden vessell their foule teene, But that in spight of death, or miserie, She fought, and foyled, and scapt captiuitie.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

'Gainst their grape shot and cannon we fought to the last,

Fenians of Cahirciveen 1999

"'Gainst the dark ones, it won't be enough," offered Jenny.

The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 1997

'Gainst hunger and ill treatment, which no strong man could endure,

The Driver Boy 1996

'Gainst that time I'll some simple things prepare,

The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales James Grant

'Gainst his dark prison-walls dashed out his brains,

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

'Gainst their crave for respite, when thy clamour for right

The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

"(Could it give the foam _from_ the moon?)" 'Gainst _thé_ sharp keel, and tracks the wave with light.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. Various