...me these sentiments in a book written in favour of the aristocratic party, I can have no doubt that Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause2. But we will reserve these matters for our walks3 at the compitalitia. Do not forget, the day...

...irrevocable nod, 275 To right, to left, unheeded take your way, While I the dictates of high heaven obey. Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. 284 But why shouldst thou suspect the war's success? None fears it more, as none promotes it less :...

...descend; 280 'To right, to left, unheeded take your way, ' While I the dictates of high lieav'n ohey. ' Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, ' And asks no omen but his country's cause. e But why should'st thou suspect the war's success? ' None fears it more, as none promotes it less:...

...inauspicious dream, to have discouraged me. Notwithstanding this, I engaged in the cause, reflecting that, Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws. And asks no omen but his country's causet — for I looked upon the promise I had given to be as sacred to me as my country, or, if that...

...the dictates of high heaven ohey. Without a sign his sword the hrave man draws, And asks no omen hut his country's cause. But why shouldst thou suspect...success? None fears it more, as none promotes it less : 286 Thongh all our chiefs amid yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice t' escape their fire. Troy...

...he most usually relates falschoods ; however, nothing hinders but he may sometimes speak truth," . Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause* — for I looked upon the promise I had given to be as sacred to me as my country, or, if that were...

...country is the best of all * P;ir. Lost, briok v. " auguries:"* or, as Pope has very well expressed it, Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen, but his country's cause. If we attend to all the circumstances, and reflect that both Hector and Homer believed in auguries,...

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...Irft, unheeded take your w:iy, While I the dictates of high Heaven obey. Without a sign his s\vord the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. But why sliouldst thou suspect the war's success f None fears it more, as none promotes it less : Though all...

...to encounter danger, though they have not sacrificed, may employ [what Hector says to Polydamas,] " Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country'^ cause "." 1 Stesichorus signified by this enigma, that if the Locrian* behaved insolently...