 But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge. What hope to save the town...  The New Speaker. With an Essay on Elocution - Page 135by John Connery - 1861 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Conaway - 1993 - 236 pages
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 | Ken Saro-Wiwa - 1993 - 24 pages
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 | Essex Institute - 1893 - 506 pages
...out by the Roman Champions when they stayed the Volseiau Cohorts thundering at their gates : " For if they once may win the Bridge " What hope to save the town." A glance at the map will show that they fought with reason. There were now no bridges over the Merrimac... | |
 | Celia Sandys - 1994 - 234 pages
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 | May Sarton - 1970 - 470 pages
...telling me I had a beautiful voice and to let it out. He staggered to his feet and shouted hoarsely: 'Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds' . . . Oh dear, it's gone, Miss Morse . . . te turn te turn te turn . . .... | |
 | Frederick Forsyth - 1995 - 593 pages
...that was it, Macaulay, something about a man in his last moments, something he had read out in class. To every man upon this earth, Death cometh soon or late. And how can a man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods?... | |
 | Sander M. Goldberg - 1995 - 209 pages
...much enthusiasm by Lord Macaulay, who had his own, quite vivid notion of how such poetry should sound. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods . . . ("Horatius,"... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...1945 — with patriotism. From HORATIUS Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: 210 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers. And the temples of his Gods, "And for the tender... | |
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