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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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Warren's Reading Selection

M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 pages
...once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town ? " 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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Education, Volume 31

1911 - 758 pages
...Rome one such other sight, and send me there to see" " And hoiu can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods?" " Hail I foster child of the wondrous nurse I Hail I son of the -wondrous sire I" 23. Describe the...
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The Centenary Commemoration of the Birth of Dr. William Ellery Channing ...

1880 - 280 pages
...country with the pen or the sword, as need may be. And — " How can a man die better than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods? " But notwithstanding this warlike preamble, I too am a peace man, and I candidly confess that I do...
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 ? "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast...
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Europe: A History

Norman Davies - 1996 - 1428 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: AUC ROMAN chronology was based on the conventional...
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Master of Precision: Henry M. Leland

Ottilie M. Leland, Minnie Dubbs Millbrook - 1966 - 324 pages
...would enter the farmhouse declaiming from "Horatius," And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods.10 But the happy period ended soon. It became evident that the large farm was a greater burden...
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Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations

Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...years of low wages and unemployment that followed. 21 And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods? THOMAS BABINGTON MAcAuLAY, (1800-1859) British historian, Whig politician. "Horatius," st. 27, Lays...
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Firestar

Michael F. Flynn, Michael Flynn - 1997 - 910 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.' " He turned and gave a fierce look at the others in the playground. Azim traded a glance with Jo-jo....
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Conjectures and Confrontations: Science, Evolution, Social Concern

Robin Fox - 1997 - 236 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, "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,...
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Military Power: Land Warfare in Theory and Practice

Brian Holden Reid - 1997 - 284 pages
...Horatius at the Bridge, to make the supreme sacrifice ('And how can man do better than facing fearful odds/ For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods'):" Charles Gordon at Khartoum, the Last Stand of the 24th Foot at 1sandhlwana, the Last Stand of the 44th...
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