| Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 Seiten
...therefore I, with reason, chosa This stratagem t' amuse our foea To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight...Which he can never do that 's slain. Hence timely running's no mean part Of conduct in the martial art, By which some glorious feats achieve. As citizens... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 Seiten
...t* amufe our foes, 440 To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total fure defeat £ For For thofe that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that 's flain. Hence timely running 's no mean part 445 Of conduft, in the martial art ; By which fome glorious... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 Seiten
...therefore I, with reason, chote This stratagem to amuse our roes, To make an lion'ruble retreat. And wave a total sure defeat; For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slam." Your'i, &c. A CONSTANT ULAIJI к. For the Morning Herald. No. III. Mr. EDITOR,' — I... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 722 Seiten
...ftratagem t' amufe our foes 440 To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total fure defeat : For thofe that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that 's ilain. Hence timely running's no mean part 445 Ot condudb, in the martial art, By which fome glorious... | |
| 1809 - 572 Seiten
...found in Hudibras. They are, however, only an amplification of a couplet actually in that book : " For those that fly may fight again, " Which he can never do, that's slain." Fame and Merit dinfirofiortionrd. It is a truth, humiliating in a high degree to human... | |
| Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 Seiten
...reason, chose This stratagem to' amnse onr foes To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total snre defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely rnnning's no mean part Of condnct, in the martial art, By which some glorions... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...therefore I, with reason, chose This stratagem t' amuse our foes, To make an honourable retreat, And wave t n Lg o+V *F Z`. l H E&O V j >X%9dŁN ' # H Qina ,A H 5 o V slain. Hence timely running 's no mean part Of conduct, in the martial art ; By which some glorious... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 Seiten
...reason, chose This stratagem t' amnse onr foes ; To make an hononrable retreat, And wave a total snre defeat ; For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely rnnning's no mean p< rt Of condact in the martial art; By which some glorions... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 Seiten
...I, with reason, chose This stratagem, t' amuse our foes, !MO To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total, sure defeat; For those that fly may fight...he can never do that 's slain. Hence timely running '$ no mean part 245 Of conduct in the martial art : By which some glorious feats achieve, As citizens,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 Seiten
...I, with reason, chose This stratagem, t' amuse our foes, 240 To make an honorable retreat, And wave a total, sure defeat ; For those that fly may fight...Hence timely running 's no mean part 245 Of conduct in th' martial art: By which some glorious feats achieve, As citizens, by breaking, thrive ; 255 260 And... | |
| |