Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. The British Essayists;: Guardian - Pągina 197per Alexander Chalmers - 1807Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pągines
...breeding, what Addison in his Cato' says of honour: — " Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of Kings ; The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids...her ; And imitates her actions where she is not." ' When he took up his large oak stick, he said, ' My lord, that's Hoiiicrick* ;' thus pleasantly alluding... | |
| John Bell - 1791 - 292 pągines
...lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carried thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Syph. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me! Alas I I've hitherto been us'd... | |
| 1797 - 462 pągines
...lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba can led thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the la* of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Syph. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me ! Alas 1 I've hitherto been... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 462 pągines
...Cato? That Syphax loves you, and would sacrifice His life, nay, more, his honour, in your service. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Sypli. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me! Alas I I've hitherto been... | |
| 1803 - 228 pągines
...the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue wher^ it 'meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. It ought not to be sported with. IMPATIENCE. i_N impatient man is hurried along by his wild and furious desires, into an abyss of miseries... | |
| 1803 - 572 pągines
...the moralist, is sufficiently fixed by that •f the poet: " Honour's a sacred tic, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids...strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her action:, where she in not."' This maxim is, besides, inconsistent with Dr. Paley's own rule ofgrntral... | |
| 1804 - 498 pągines
...Juba : • Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, , The noble mind's distinguishing perfect ion, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...with > CATO. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour. And these are such as establish any thing to themselves... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pągines
...with the description of honour in the part of young Juba. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, ' . The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids...where she is not. . It ought not to be sported with — CAT*)'. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour, and... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pągines
...the Jaw of kings , The noble mind's distinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is...— CATO. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of Honour. And these are soch as establish any thing to themselves... | |
| British drama - 1804 - 946 pągines
...more, his honour, in your service? Juba. Syphax, I know thou luvest me ; but indeed gold, [ADDISON. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Spi/h. By Heavens, I am ravished when you talk thus, though you chide me ! Alas ! I have hitherto been... | |
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