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" Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable... "
The Greenwich Pensioners - Page 171
by Hatchway (lieut, R.N., pseud.) - 1838
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The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...ignoble age muft come, Difeafe, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us bellow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'J if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory five ! 395 He f:iiil; his words thcliflcning chief...
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The Whole Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: Including His Translations ...

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...ignoble age mull come, Difeafe, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pa)-, let us lieitow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, 395 Or let us story gain, orglorygive! He faij ; his words theliftening chief...
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Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ...

Slave trade - 1805 - 378 pages
...urge your souls to war ; But since alas, ignoble age must come, Disease and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay let us bestow, And give...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honor'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give : Think on your dear dear children basely slain...
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The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope

Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...thy soul to war. 390 But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, 9$ Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! He said ; his words the listening chief...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 41

John Bell - 1807 - 472 pages
...to war. 390 ' But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, ' Disease, and death's inexorable dooiii ; ' The life which others pay, let us bestow, ' And give to fame what we to nature owe; ' Brave tho' we fall, and honor'd if we live, S9-; ' Or let us glory gain, or glory give !' He said: his words...
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Essays on Professional Education

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1809 - 516 pages
...estimate of what is really valuable in life, and with hearts proud of suffering for our country. " The life, which others pay, let us bestow; " And give to Fame, wh^t we to Nature owe; '* Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, " Or let us glory gain, or...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...urge thy soul to war. But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give...fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!" lie said ; his words the listening chief...
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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection ..., Volume 14

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1811 - 370 pages
...to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life that others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Brave, though we fall, yet honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! Speech of Sarpcdon to Glaucui, \C<rtcra...
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Essays on Professional Education

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1812 - 572 pages
...estimate of what is really valuable in life, and with hearts proud of suffering for our country. " The life, which others pay, let us bestow; " And give...Fame, what we to Nature owe; " Brave though we fall, arid honour'd if we lire, " Or let us glorji gain, or glory give!" CHAPTER IV. On Medical Education....
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Annals of Mr. Bowyers press ...

John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 794 pages
...urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom j The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe. Popes Homer, 11. xii. 38*. His Lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and...
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