 Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...  Readings in science and literature - Strona 356autor: Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1868 - Liczba stron: 202
...Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? ' " Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In you strait path a thousand May... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - Liczba stron: 828
...pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.1 History of England. Vol. i. Ch. 2. To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? Lays of Ancient Rome, Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1868 - Liczba stron: 288
...Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" XXVJI. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. 6 And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - Liczba stron: 216
...banner of proud Clusium Was highest of them all, The terror of the Umbrian, The terror of the Gaul. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. ' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - Liczba stron: 396
...before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town ? " 2. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods. ft. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - Liczba stron: 526
...good fortune." Pro aris et focis. — For our altars and our hearths. " For God and our country." " How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds For...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?" MACAULAY. Pro dignitate cuique tribuatur. Cic. — Let each man have according to his deserts. Pro... | |
 | Society of the Army of the James - 1869 - Liczba stron: 266
...in battle they seemed infused with the spirit of the old Roman who in story shouted out the query: "How can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of MM gods ':" To us belongs a fair share of the praise which the Lieutenant-. General, with characteristic... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - Liczba stron: 596
..." The bridge must straight go down ; For, since Jauiculum is lost, Nought else can save the town." Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death coineth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers,... | |
 | Choice readings - 1869 - Liczba stron: 262
...us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they onee may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? " Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late. Ilew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more... | |
 | 1872 - Liczba stron: 848
...Then ontspake brave Horadm, The captain of the gate : ' To every man npon this earth Death cometh won or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashen of his fathers. And the templed of his gods ? •" " May vie kill a thousand, and may the Lord... | |
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