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...and with the old frankness and eagerness. The lines were not written—the heroic lines— ' Can a man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?' but they may have been felt even by a Highland laird, battered and bruised spiritually in his day,...

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...attending his literary labours, and he died on 20th December 1859. FROM » THE LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME.'* THEN out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate ; * To every man upon this earth 498 GLEANINGS FIVOM THE ENGLISH POETS. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the...

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...meanwhile thought this victory decisive. 13. He often moints his father's horses. 14. Then out spake (the) brave Horatius, the captain of the gate, to every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. 15. He will very likely go to Paris this simmer. 16. I have seen him everywhere. 17. Above all, let...