| Curtis Guild - 1877 - 498 pages
...against the whole Etruscan army under Lars Porsena. Horatius, in the ballad, says to his consul : " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, AVill hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three." And the three... | |
| London readers - 1878 - 344 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1878 - 240 pages
...better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me,... | |
| Alexander Wallace - 1878 - 234 pages
...man die better than facing fearful odds, For the 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." The outward garb in which the promise is clothed belongs to Old Testament times, but its spirit to... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods? xxvm. "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at lier breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame — To save them from false Sextas... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods; "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may : I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 452 pages
...better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me,... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 pages
...better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, xxvi 1 1. "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me,... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...from false Sextus, That wrought the deed of shame? "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
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