Horatius

It was called Horatius at the— he sagged limply, eyes rolling back in his head.

YESTERDAY’S SON A.C. CRISPIN 1983

It was called Horatius at the— he sagged limply, eyes rolling back in his head.

YESTERDAY’S SON A.C. CRISPIN 1983

It was called Horatius at the— he sagged limply, eyes rolling back in his head.

YESTERDAY’S SON A.C. CRISPIN 1983

At this a Roman called Horatius came forward and offered to stand at the farther end of the bridge, to keep the Tuscans at bay while it was being destroyed.

Golden Deeds Stories from History Anonymous

For quite a long while they held the narrow gateway and the mound against all the howling, thrusting mob, much as the Roman called Horatius and his two friends held the entrance to some bridge or other long ago at

Allan and the Holy Flower Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Genoa -- the very town from which "the brave Lord of Luna," of whom you may read in Macaulay's splendid poem of "Horatius," came to the sack of Rome.

The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French Eugenie Foa

"Horatius" with much energy and appropriate action, to the great amusement of his audience.

Queen Hildegarde Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

Two of the ballads, "Horatius," and "The Pied Piper," belong to literature, and you cannot afford not to know them, and some of the fairy stories are like bits of golden coin, worth treasuring up and reading often.

Holiday Stories for Young People Various 1875

Thomas Babington Macaulay's poem "Horatius" which read: "And how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds..."

Evening Standard - Home 2011

John Townley referred to this as Lake's "Horatio at the Bridge" moment; said title being a children's poem adapted from "Horatius" (1842) by Lord T.B. MacCaulay.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009