 | 1870 - 494 стор.
...Regillus," or " Horatius Codes," and then Albert would repeat after me in a kind of rhapsody — " For how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" I was living Merton days once more ; I was " Long Jim" (my nickname at Merton, because of my stature)... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 стор.
...brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ! " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; i See note 1, p. 230. I, with two... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 стор.
...brave' Hora'tius, The Captain of the Gate : To ev'ry man upon this earth, , Death cometh soon or late ! And how' can man' die bet'ter Than facing fearful odds For the ash'es of his fa'thers, And the temple of his Gods'! — MACAULAT. IAMBIC TETRAMETER. Formula x aX4. § 683. In the following the law... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 стор.
...brave Horatins, The captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...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,... | |
 | Norman Chevers - 1852 - 396 стор.
...life of one Roman was a thing of no small moment in the days of Horatius and Curtius — yet, — " how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" Now, human lives are wasted more basely than were even the lives of the retiarii and the myrmillones... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 стор.
...bridge, Sir Consul, with all the spced ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will hold the foe in play. " In yon strait path a thousand may well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on cither hand, and kcep the bridge with me ? " Then out spake Spurius Lartius, — a Ilamnian proud was... | |
 | 1853 - 848 стор.
...brave Horatias, The captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds...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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 854 стор.
...the loved ones who make happy its homes. " To every man upon this earth Death cometh, soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the altars of his country, And for his country's gods! " This is the sentiment of every true lover of his... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 стор.
...brave Horatius," the captain of the gate : " To every man upon the earth death cometh, soon or late ; And how can man die better than facing fearful odds...the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods ? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
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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... 
