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" Their van will be upon us 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 gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man... "
Blackwood's Magazine - Page 627
1847
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The Peloponnesian War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Greece

Nigel Bagnall - 2006 - 348 pages
...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? The Athenians now had nearly their entire force, naval and military, concentrated together, and they...
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Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick

John W. Hurley - 2007 - 375 pages
...often cited by IRA men of the next generation is: "And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods." See Ernie O'Malley, The Singing Flame, p. 101. (17) Sheehan, 1905, pp. 3-9. (18) King, 1998, p. 33....
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Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick

John W. Hurley - 2007 - 375 pages
...often cited by IRA men of the next generation is: "And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods." See Ernie O'Malley, The Singing Flame, p. 101. (17) Sheehan, 1905, pp. 3-9. (18) King, 1998, p. 33....
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On the Shores of the Great Sea, Book I of the Story of the World

M. B. Synge - 2013 - 213 pages
...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. ' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold...
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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Susan Wise Bauer - 2007 - 897 pages
...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?"'5 Gallant though it may have been, the defense of the bridge did not end the Etruscan attack....
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Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict

Stuart Notholt - 2008 - 213 pages
...Conflict Standard Edition www.ethnic-conflict.info "And how con Man die better Than facing fearful odds For the Ashes of his Fathers And the Temples of his Gods" 'Horatius' Thomas Babington Macaulay About the Author Stuart Notholt is a writer and business analyst...
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