 ANDRE, with explanatory notes, by the Editor. "The man who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day," Said Butler in his deathless lay. "But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again," As wisely thought good General Wayne.  Kandidat Müller - Page 77by Ernst Hermann - 1886 - 292 pagesFull 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - India - 1890 - 1036 pages
...they. When the battle is lost, a large part of the army is already at a distance and gets off unharmed. The man who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. But there was no escape for the man in armour, and when he turned his back, his shield was no defence.... | |
 | Winthrop Sargent - 1871 - 508 pages
...Cantos. Written at New York, 1780, by the late Major Andre", with Explanatory Notes by the Editor. '' The man who fights and runs away, '' May live to fight another day," Said Butler in his deathleu lay. " But he who i- iu battle slain " Can never rise to fight again ;... | |
 | Ohio River Valley - 1871 - 226 pages
...CANTOS. Written at New York, 1780. By the late MAJOR ANDRE, with explanatory notes, by the Editor. "The man who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day," Said Butler in his deathless lay. "But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again," As... | |
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