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" are not in Hudibras. Butler has the same thought in two lines— " For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. "
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford - Page 122
by Horace Walpole - 1857
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Hudibras, Volume 3

Samuel Butler - 1757 - 434 pages
...Stratagem t'amufe our foes j To make an Honourable Retreat f And wave a Total Surf Defeat .• forthofe that fly may fight again , Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely Running's no mean P*rt Of Conduit in the Martial Art. '•• By which fame Glorious feats...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 27

1809 - 822 pages
...Lofft, may have " remembered," but he certainly has " forgot." The two lines in Iludibras are, . : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. See Canto iii. Part 3, v. 213. If, however this gentleman is possessed of an edition which contains...
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Hudibras, in Three Parts: Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 pages
...chose This stratagem t' amuse our foes; To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat; For those that fly may fight again, "Which he can never do that's sluiii. Hence timely running's no in ran p; rt Of conduct in the martial art; By which some gloiious...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 652 pages
...This stratagem t' amuse our foes, To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat: • For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that 's slain. Hence timely running 's no mean part Of conduct, in the martial art; By which some glorious...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: With a Life of the Author

Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pages
...chose This stratagem to' amuse our foes, To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat: For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely running's no mean part Of conduct, in the martial art, By which some glorious feats achieve,...
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Hudibras,: poëme de Samuel Butler,

Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 pages
...chose This stratagem t' amuse our foes ; To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat ; For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely running's no mean part Of conduct in the martial art ; By which some glorious feats achieve,...
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Hudibras, a Poem, Volume 2

Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 pages
...This stratagem, t' amuse our foes, 240 To make an honorable retreat, And wave a total, sure defeat; For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that 's slain. Hence timely running 's no mean part 245 Of conduct in th' martial art: By which some...
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Biographical Illustrations of Worcestershire: Including Lives of Persons ...

John Chambers - 1820 - 634 pages
...lines of Butler's to these, may be found in Hudibras, cant. 3, part 3, lines 235 to 244, ending with' " For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain." WILLIAM THOMAS, Bishop of Worcester, 1683, Was Dean of Worcester in 1665. He was a native of Bristol,...
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A journey round the library of a bibliomaniac

William Davis (bibliographer.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...they made search, could not find. The passage, as it really stands in " Hudibras," is as follows:— " For those that fly may fight again, " Which he can never do that's slain." The character of Hudibras is, with good reason, supposed to have been intended for Sir C. Luke, and...
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A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: Or, Cento of Notes and ...

William Davis - 1821 - 776 pages
...they made search, could not find. The passage, as it really stands in " Hudibras," is as follows:— " For those that fly may fight again, " Which he can never do that's slain." The character of Hudibras is, with good reason, supposed to have been intended for Sir C. Luke, and...
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