| William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Ros (23d baron) - 1851 - 594 pàgines
...which is * " Honour's a sacred tic, 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." ADDISOM'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. too frequently confounded with that which is genuine and true. The latter... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pàgines
...thee too far. • Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. SYPHAX. By heavens I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, tho' you chide me ! Alas ! I've hitherto been used... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1853 - 902 pàgines
...of young Juba. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...imitates her actions where she is not, • It ought uot to be sported with CATO. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pàgines
...part, there all the honor lies. Pope. Honor 'sa sacred tie, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. Addison. HOPE. Hope springs eternal in the human breast ; Man never is, but always to be blest. Pope.... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 334 pàgines
...debtor. HONOUR. P< tiour'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 cot : It it sot to be sported with. ' HONOUR ITS OWN REWARD. BY HEBER. SWELL, swell the shrill trumpet,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pàgines
...thee too far. • Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. SYPHAX. By heavens I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, tho' you chide me ! Alas I I've hitherto been used... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pàgines
...thee too far. a Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. SYPHAX. By heavens I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, tho' you chide me ! Alas ! I've hitherto been used... | |
| David Hume - 1854 - 586 pàgines
...the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, when it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with." These lines are very beautiful ; but I am afraid that Mr. Addison has here been guilty of that impropriety... | |
| Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 pàgines
...the ingredients of true honour. " Honour 'aa sacred tie The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions." That some of the advocates of this system may possess in a degree these qualities we are willing to... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 536 pàgines
...of young Juba. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...where she is not, It ought not to be sported with CATO. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour, and these... | |
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