 Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake...  Progressive Exercises in English Composition - Page 206by Richard Green Parker - 1871 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
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...maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three, Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Lartius and Herminius offer... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ? " 30. Then out spake Spurius... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" 30. Then out spake Spurius... | |
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...her breast ; And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus, " ' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand May well he stopped by three ; Now who will stand on either hand And keep... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 pages
...maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; 1, with two more to help me, AVill hold tin- foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand May well... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...maidens Who feed the eternal name, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopp'd by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with mel" Then out spake Spurius... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...his fathers, And the temples of his Gods. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe...in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopp'd by three ; Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Then out spake... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame .' " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopp'd by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Then out spake... | |
 | 1847 - 758 pages
...little fist, &c. The Romans agree, as the only means of stopping the invaders, to hew down the bridge. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yond straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And... | |
 | 1847 - 760 pages
...little fist, &c. The Romans agree, as the only means of stopping the invaders, to hew down the bridge. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...ye may, I, with two more to help me, Will hold the fc« in play. In yond straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on... | |
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