 | George Anne Bellamy - 1785 - 250 pages
...contained. 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 guilt.... | |
 | George Anne Bellamy - Actors - 1786 - 262 pages
...contained. 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 Cowardice is the concomitant... | |
 | Tate Wilkinson - Actors - 1790 - 284 pages
...himlelftAraj'd vfith'fejf-fufficieiit rtei-jtTo take the field againft a Jioft of foes* For as Hudibras faysHe who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle flam, Will never rife to fight again.The firft year feeined to promife Barry and;... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1795 - 466 pages
...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... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 552 pages
...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 - Electrotherapeutics - 1804 - 242 pages
...Rowland was preparing himself to give Learherhead a most terrible threshing, had he not yielded) still, ' He who fights and runs away, ' May live to fight another day ;' and the Doctor escaping with a whole skin is now left alive and mighty to assail the supporters... | |
 | Stewarton - 1805 - 478 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1806 - 326 pages
...Rowland was preparing himself to give Leatherhead a most terrible threshing, had he not yielded) still " He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day ;" and the doctor escaping with a whole skin is now left alive and mighty to assail the supporters... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 694 pages
...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 1-5,... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 588 pages
...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 morality... | |
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For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again. 
