 | Duncan Aikman - 1987 - 408 sidor
...ever saw or heard of but himself. The little nursery song of my childhood comes back to my mind of " 'He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day But he who is in battle slain Never lives to fight again.' "This morning, November 21, the newspaper... | |
 | Nancy Niblack Baxter - 1987 - 540 sidor
...Ishmael Scott stuffed the letter in his pocket and left, shutting the door behind him very softly. "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day," he said to himself. "Goodbye now, Granny." PART IV INDIANA I803-I8II SONG FOR THE BUFFALO TRACE To... | |
 | Paul Stadelman, Bruce Fife - 2003 - 100 sidor
...bird catches the worm. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Barking dogs never bite. Easy come, easy go. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Laugh and grow fat. Though the bird may fly over your head, let... | |
 | Loyd J. Overfield - 1990 - 212 sidor
...has gratuitously fed him for three years. He is truly a shrewd chief, who must have discovered that he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. The Indians were not all engaged at any one time; heavy reserves were held to repair losses and renew... | |
 | Thomas Douglas Whitcombe - 1992 - 254 sidor
...New Plan, compiled by J. Newberry and revised and enlarged by O. Goldsmith, London, 1762, II, p. 147: 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. 70. Shakespeare, As You Like It II.vii.152.... | |
 | Emanuel Strauss - 1994 - 616 sidor
...away, may turn and fight another day e) he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day f ) 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 g) the better part of valour is discretion... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - 1996 - 404 sidor
...their heels wings from Mercury, and practiced the admirable, but not very courageous precept that, "He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day." It is usual to depreciate our public men. It seems to be altogether forgotten that the universal suffrage... | |
 | James Stevenson - 1999 - 284 sidor
...translating something from another of the many English quotations that she had learned in childhood: '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.' The farmer shrugged. 'The war has been... | |
 | George Wilson Booth - 2000 - 204 sidor
...expert. In fact, the presentation of these pages is a forcible exemplification of the poetic truth that "he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day." Colonel Elzey had very much resented the command of the brigade passing to General Smith, and, on the... | |
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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. 
