 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 416 pages
...witty, becomes the poetic dress, though it may not be picturesque.— Instances : •— — -— " His sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause, May I, or noble life, or death obtain, Death, ill-exchang'd for bondage, or for pain." '' O let not... | |
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 374 pages
...where descend ; 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...success ? None fears it more, as none promotes it less : Though all our chiefs amidst yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice to escape their fire. Troy... | |
 | Proverbs - 1814 - 262 pages
...wings extend, Or where the suns arise, or where descend ; To right, to left, unheeded take your way" " Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. When Cassius was advised by the augurs not to fight with the Parthians until the moon had passed the... | |
 | 1816 - 562 pages
...them fight your battles, and feel that they fight them free as they are brave.— [Hear, ¡¡car.] " His sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause." Again and again, I say the principle of your law is bad ; it attaints the child for the crime of the... | |
 | Aristotle - Ethics - 1818 - 436 pages
...soldiers 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's cause.' And when those are exhorted to fight who are inferior to their opponents in force, it may be said,... | |
 | Aristotle - 1818 - 422 pages
...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's cause.' And when those are exhorted to fight who are inferior to their opponents in force, it may be said,... | |
 | Aristotle - Ethics - 1818 - 422 pages
...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's cause.1 And when those are exhorted to fight who are inferior to their opponents in force, it may be... | |
 | Homer - 1822 - 342 pages
...where descend; 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...success? None fears it more, as none promotes it less : Though all our chiefs amidst yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice to escape their fire. Troy... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 348 pages
...where descend ; 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...success ? None fears it more, as none promotes it less : Though all our chiefs amidst yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice to' escape their fire. Troy... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 344 pages
...where descend; 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...success ? None fears it more, as none promotes it less : Though all our chiefs amidst yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice to escape their fire. Troy... | |
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Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. 
