The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... The man , who fights and runs away , May live to fight another day ; But he that is in battle slain , Will never rise to fight again . " All Norway , it is well known , abounds with simple , artless memorials , called Bautasteene ...
... The man , who fights and runs away , May live to fight another day ; But he that is in battle slain , Will never rise to fight again . " All Norway , it is well known , abounds with simple , artless memorials , called Bautasteene ...
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