| Philip Thicknesse - 1770 - 160 pągines
...a. particular time, when every man thought it be/I, to look to himfelf. i Of G 1 Nobody. " r PHE Man who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day. And he, who well maintains his ground, In thefe Jharp tines ! be guilty fountl, Judges are upright, oft... | |
| George Anne Bellamy - 1785 - 248 pągines
...You, however, abound with worldly wifdom, though you are not learned; and think with Ralph, that " He who fights and runs away, " May live to fight another day. " But he that is in battle flain, " Will never rife to fight again." Cowardice is the concomitant of... | |
| George Anne Bellamy - 1786 - 262 pągines
...You, however, abound with worldly luifdom, though you are not learned', and think with Ralph, that " He who fights and runs away, " May live to fight another day. " But he that is in battle (lain, « \Yill never rife to fight again." Cowardice Cowardice is the concomitant... | |
| Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 466 pągines
...when Tie ivas reproached for this difgraceful rtig'htj he replied in the following well-known ver'fe: He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day. Philip after this is flain by a confpiracy, and Alexander, fucceeding to the government, paffed over... | |
| 1817 - 572 pągines
...himself. Somewhat sobered by these threats, Petruchio bethought himself of t.he advice of Hudibras — " He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day." So, heedless of the strangeness of his dress, he instantly slipt down the back stairs, and sought refuge... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1804 - 240 pągines
...fighting (which chance did not exist in this case, for Rowland was preparing himself to give Learherhead a most terrible threshing, had he not yielded) still,...Perkinism in a more cautious but not less decisive manner. ro- Prepare the batteries of thy Journal. Here I can, with certainty, calculate on the most powerful... | |
| Stewarton - 1805 - 478 pągines
...French General, BOYEK." " Chesterfield, Jan. 7, 1804. " The Right H«n, Lord Eardley," ADMIRAL LINOIS. He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day. THE impolitic and selfish conduct of most of the Continental Princes, has done as much to advance the... | |
| 1808 - 694 pągines
...This stratagem t' amuse my foes, To nuke an hon'rable retreat, Aivl wave a total sure defeat : For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day, But he who is in battle slain Cau never rise to fight again.'* I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, RP... | |
| Enguerrand de Monstrelet - 1810 - 504 pągines
...of other captains, and english gentlemen bearing Coats of arms. Conformably to the old proverb, of 'He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day/ did those act who fled and left their companions to bear the brunt of the battle* namely, Matago, sir... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pągines
...and he meets no praise, no support, no recompense. , XIX. IMPORTANT DUEL. [Gazette. Washington.] / " He who fights and runs away, " May live to fight another day." THE attention of the good people of this metropolis, has been considerably excited by an " aflair of... | |
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