 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 Seiten
...this head 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,...where she is not. It ought not to be sported with.' Coift In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour. And these... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 Seiten
...shew and true priz'd worth divide In storms of fortune. SHAKESPEARE. HONOUR is a sacred tie, the law of Kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...Meets her, and imitates her actions where she Is not. ADDISON. TRUE happiness Consists not in a multitude of friends, But in their worth and choice. BEN... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 Seiten
...The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, [her, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Syphax. By heavens ! [chide me ! I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you Alas ! I've hitherto been... | |
 | Henry Thompson - 1838 - 452 Seiten
...and true moralist, as well as an eminent dramatick poet, who said, " Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...aids and strengthens Virtue, where it meets her, And, where she is not, imitates her actions." 1 Had Hannah More addressed to the patrons of the drama those... | |
 | Hannah More - 1838 - 472 Seiten
...and true moralist, as well as an eminent dramatick poet, who said, " Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...aids and strengthens Virtue, where it meets her, And, where she is not, imitates her actions." ' Had Hannah More addressed to the patrons of the drama those... | |
 | Acting drama - 1839 - 936 Seiten
...far. Honour's a sacred tie. the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That nids and strengthens virtue where it meets her. And imitates...she is not: It ought not to be sported with. Syph. Believe me, prince, you make old Syphax weep, To hear you talk, — but 'tie with tears of joy. If... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 616 Seiten
...all is barter and huckstering, and pure fame is outweighed by gold. " Honour 'sa sacred tic, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with."* But quickly thus degenerated that lofty unbargaining ardour ! The combatants sought more substantial... | |
 | George Oliver - 1841 - 170 Seiten
...nominal Masons, and despising the hostility of those, who, nnbound by Honour's sacred tie, the law of kings ; The noble mind's distinguishing perfection...meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not would crumble in the dust a fabric built for the shelter of infant destitution and aged decay; and... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 Seiten
...sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and stengthens Virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions...where she is not; It ought not to be sported with. (Addison's Cato.) What tribute from the goose is paid ! Does not her wing all science aid'i Does it... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1842 - 758 Seiten
...Addison: Honour's sacred lie, the law of kings ; The noble mind's distinguishing perfection ; That aide and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. It is not to be sported with. From the roan who does sport with it, who despises fame, and has great talents,... | |
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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. 
