Fight like a man

[Sam Clements]

And now I see that I've been fooled by Google.  Fucking tarbaby.

Mr. Brydges actually lived some hundred years AFTER the Google hit.

Sam Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: Fight like a man


> There is an earlier(1697) cite
> http://books.google.com/books?id=uEkrAAAAIAAJ&q=%22die+like+a+dog%22+date:1600-1750&dq=%22die+like+a+dog%22+date:1600-1750&as_brr=0&pgis=1
> which says "Draw, Menteith, and defend yourself like a man, or die like a
> dog!"
>
> Just saying.
>
> Sam Clements
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scot LaFaive" <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 12:59 PM
> Subject: Fight like a man
>
>
> I was curious about "Fight like a man" (not sure if anyone has done work
> on
> it) and found a cite from 1750 (assuming Google Books is right). This was
> just a preliminary search, but it's interesting that it could go back that
> far.
> http://books.google.com/books?id=cWskAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164&dq=%22fight+like+a+man%22
>
> Scot
> PS sorry for the way my emails look...this new Hotmail is messin' with me
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