 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 468 pages
...here a troop stood for the empire, and then learn this practical knowledge, that, " Without a priest his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause." I beg to observe, that the gentlemen on the other side have established no ground for disqualification... | |
 | English literature - 1828 - 500 pages
...Jaques ; a profession truly honourable and glorious, when devoted to the defence of one's country. Without a sign, his sword, the brave man draws. And asks no omen but his country's cause. Pope's Homer. EPIGRAM. THE DUKE OF CLARENCE*. Others may use the ocean as their roadt Only the British... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...descend ; 280 To right, to left, unheeded take your way, While I the dictates of high heaven obey. TLE П I Though all our chiefs amid yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice to escape their fire. Troy and... | |
 | Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 pages
...patriotic Services performed by Merchant-Ships, shewing that Discipline and Valour are inseparable. " Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws— And asks no omen, but his country's cause." THE following sketch of services performed by ships in the employ of the East-India Company is offered... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Biography - 1834 - 626 pages
...plan of battle which ensured victory. To his officers he repeated the well-known verse of Homer : - His sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. At the same time he counteractcd,the superstitious dread of his soldiers, by circulating among them... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1838 - 424 pages
...course to the right or the left? I ask no better omen than to draw my sword in the cause of my country." "Without a sign his sword the brave man draws; And asks no omen but his country's cause." CHAPTER V. Formation and Character of the New England Army. — Warren is elected Major- General. —... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...where descend ; To right, to left, unheeded take your way, While I the dictates of high Heaven obey. еак' arm in vain. " Swift as thou art (the : Though all our chiefs amidst yon ships expire, Trust thy own cowardice to escape their fire. Troy... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Poets, English - 1839 - 374 pages
...MEMOIR. ENGLAND AND SPAIN; WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE. ENGLAND AND SPAIN;* VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM. " His sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause." — POPE. Too long have Tyranny and Power combined, To sway, with iron sceptre, o'er mankind ; Long... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 392 pages
...ENGLAND AND SPAIN; WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE. (319) ENGLAND AND SPAIN;1 VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM. "His sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause." — POM. Too long have Tyranny and Power combined, To sway, with iron sceptre, o'er mankind; Long has... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 368 pages
...ENGLAND AND SPAIN; WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE. (319) ENGLAND AND SPAIN;1 OB. VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM. "His sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause." — POPE. Too long have Tyranny and Power combined, To sway, with iron sceptre, o'er mankind; Long... | |
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Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. 
