 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 434 pages
...Stratagem t'amufe our foes j To make an Honourable Retreat f And wave a Total Surf Defeat .• forthofe that fly may fight again , Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely Running's no mean P*rt Of Conduit in the Martial Art. '•• By which fame Glorious feats... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pages
...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 ê. For the Morning Herald. No. III. Mr. EDITOR,' — I am extremely... | |
 | 1809 - 572 pages
...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 nature, that... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...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 feats achieve,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 pages
...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 fe^its achieve,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...This stratagem, t' amuse our foes, !MO To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total, sure defeat; For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that 's slain. Hence timely running '$ no mean part 245 Of conduct in the martial art : By which some... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 pages
...chose This stratagem t' amuse our foes ; To make an honourable retreat , And wave a total sure defeat ; For those that fly may fight again , 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...chose This stratagem to' amuse our foes, To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, 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,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...translation. " To conclude with Hudibras, here is a passage plainly translated from l he French : ' For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.' HUD. ' Qui fuit, peut revenir aussi; Q\ii meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi.' SCARRON. " I thank you for... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 516 pages
...This stratagem, t' amuse our foes, 240 To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely running 's no mean part 245 Of conduct in the martial art, By which some glorious feats... | |
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For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. 
