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
But if the worst comes we have made up our minds to carry on and die in harness.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
It is only to die in harness after all.
From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Richardson, Major John
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