die in harness
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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
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
I feel that I am going; but let me die in harness.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay
I'm one of the people who die in harness, so to speak, making no concessions, so far as looks go, to old age.
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac
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