...therewith. We all seemed suddenly to feel the force and propriety of that soldierly epigram : "That, he who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day." A retreat was determined on. The rebels being in strong force in front, in our rear, and upon our left,...

...in four lines almost, but not quite, identical with those given in Newbery's book, which are : " For he who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day : But he who is in battle slain^ Can never rise and fight again." I do not pretend to decide upon their...

...galleries to be admired by the eyes of the loathed 'Yankees,' acting on the impulse of the old distich : " He who fights, and runs away, May live to fight — another day." It was rumored that Mr. DAVIS, the President of the so-called Southern Confederacy, and the rebel Generals...

...Hudibras. Part iii. Canto 3. From the Art of Poetry on a New Plan. Edited by OLIVER GOLDSMITH. For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again. Sed omissis quidem divinia exhortationibus,...

...is, and so we have time to get ready either to fight or run, or perhaps both, for you know : — ' He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day. ' " " Don't make a jest of it," said poor little Mus ; " that is our enemy, the chief of the Feline...

...yarding of a drove or mob of wild cattle. Mr. Ryan surveyed it at a little distance remembering " that he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day." Certainly this beat all the excitement of fox-hunting and taking the brush in England. This was real...

...Butler, Hud. 1, n.831Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose, Gay, Fable 34. He who fights and runs away. May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again." Goldsmith, Art of Poetry. The combat...

...of other captains, and English gentlemen bearing coats of arms. Conformably to the old proverb, of " He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day," did those act who fled and left their companions to bear the brunt of * Trcvieres, — « market-town...

...confess it at once — a pair of legs of wonderful capacity to verify the truth of the lines, that " He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day." The battle is daily renewed : its guerdon is nothing less than life or death. The diminutive champion...

...BUTLER. Hudibras. Partiu. Canto 3. From the Art of Poetry on a new Plan. Edited by OLIVER GOLDSMITH. For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.* From the Abridgement of the Chronicles...