 Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.  Penruddock - Seite 84von Robert Plumer Ward - 1839Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1791 - 292 Seiten
...life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome j Content thyself to be obscurely good. H When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Par. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | John Gay - 1796 - 284 Seiten
...DAW his room supply'd. This bird, says he, for bus'ness fit, Hath both sagacity and wit. *...... When impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. AdtStm. VOL. II. C With all his turns, and shifts, and tricks, He's docile, and at nothing sticks :... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 Seiten
...life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be obscurely good. H When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | 1797 - 462 Seiten
...life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be obscurely good. H When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Per. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. Goto. Farewell,... | |
 | Parliament proc - 1802 - 598 Seiten
...administration, by repeating a passage^ extremely applicable to them> from the tragedy ofCatoi ™ When vice prevails), and impious 'men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." The House resolved itself into a committee on the enquiry into the management of Greenwich Hospital.... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 Seiten
...national complaint: it is a question between the member and his constituents. — — — — " When impious men bear sway, " The post of honour is a private station." The address to the electors of Westminster is not merely a very beautiful composition, but is one of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 Seiten
...rural life. There live retired, pray for the peace of Rome : Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. PORTIUS. •I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. ... - , i... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 Seiten
...life ; There live retired, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father di№S not recommend A life to Portius, that he scorns himself? Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | 1804 - 512 Seiten
...rural life. There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome, Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. • C 2 • . Prendi da me consiglio, e ti ricovra Per tempo di Sabino, a.' patri campi, Che il gran... | |
 | 1804 - 510 Seiten
...life ; There live retired, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius, that he scorns himself? Cato. Farewell,... | |
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