THE COW CHACE, an HEROICK POEM IN THREE CANTOS. Written at New York, 1780. By the late MAJOR ANDRE, with explanatory notes, by the Editor. (f The man who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day," Said Butler in his deathless lay. The American Bibliopolist - Page 1141870Full view - About this book
| Philip Thicknesse - Great Britain - 1770 - 160 pages
...at 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,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1782 - 588 pages
...the difcorda by which they were fo lately diftracled. POETICAL. Art. 19. The Cow Cbace : an Heroic Poem, in Three Cantos* Written at New York, 1780,...Major Andre. With Explanatory Notes by the Editor. 410. is. Fielding. 1781.' There is no other voucher for the authenticity of ihis porrn than the afiemon... | |
| Several Hands - 1782 - 586 pages
...the difcords by which they ^ere Ib lately dillrailed. POETICAL. N Art. 19. The Cow Chace : an Heroic Poem, in Three Cantos. Written at New York, 1780,...Major Andre. With Explanatory Notes by the Editor. 410. i s. Fielding. 1781. There is no other voucher for the authenticity of this poem than the aflertion... | |
| Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...foldier ?" Not Madifon — not Gelatin : But Mr. Jetferfon has proved " able," it not valorous — for " The man who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day." We hope that no man in the United S ates wjll pretend to be the equal of Hamilton as a financier, and... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 588 pages
...uncommon degree of merit. HlIDIRRAS. It is a pretty generally received opinion, that the four lines, " The man who fights, and runs away, " May live to fight another day : " But he, that is in battle slain, " Will never live to fight again:" are a portion of the saving... | |
| 1809 - 592 pages
...uncommon degree of merit HUDIBRAS. It is a pretty generally received opinion, that the four lines, " The man who fights, and runs away, " May live to fight another day : " But he, that is in battle slain, " Will never live to fight again:" arc a portion of the saving... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1811 - 622 pages
...to the point, that it would seem as if he had been studying Hudibras; and had learned that— ^ *" The man who fights and runs away, " May live to fight another day." —But the noble Lord flinched from arguing the question, knowing that— " He, who is in battle slain,... | |
| Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...xai — ita,\tv j The man who runs away — will fight another day. The common proverbial lines are, The man who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day. frequently mixed with the ordinary ten syllable verses of Dryden, &c., and sometimes, but much more... | |
| William Richard Harris (writer of verse.) - 1847 - 80 pages
...writing " Hudibras" in " doggrel" verse, of which the following four lines are not a bad imitation :— " The man who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Shall never live to fight again !" Pope says, " For he who runs may fight... | |
| Henry Stevens - 1854 - 134 pages
...London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. M.DCC.LXXXII. vii, 136, 36 pp. 8vo. ANDRfe (Major). The Cow Chace : an Heroick Poem, in Three Cantos....Major Andre, With Explanatory Notes, by the Editor. [Motto] London : Printed for John Fielding, No. 23 PaterNojler-Row, 1781. 32 pp. 4to. ANSON (Lord).... | |
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