die in harness
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As independent as he is softspoken, Bruce Rogers prefers to die in harness rather than cash in on purely commercial work.
From Time Magazine Archive
The press never played up Claude Swanson's illness because the press knew he would die in harness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newsgathering is a tough job and Karl Bickel was determined not to die in harness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I can still preach and visit my people, and perhaps God will let me die in harness, with the sound of Tweed in my ears."
From Penny Plain by O. Douglas
I am like an old horse, who hath so long gone round and round in a mill, that he cannot walk straight forward; and, if it pleases the Almighty, I will die in harness.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
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