CATO. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason: True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. The Fair Penitent: A Tragedy - Seite 43von Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 57 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Caleb Bingham - 1811 - 316 Seiten
...Scipio's ghost stalks unreveng'd among us. Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport you thus beyond the bounds of reason. True fortitude is...intrusted to our care? Should we thus lead them to the field of slaughter, Might not th' impartial world with reason say, We lavish'd at our death the... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 542 Seiten
...are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged amongst us ! CATO. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason :...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides, All else is towering phrenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those, who draw the sword In Rome's defence,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 Seiten
...are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged amongst us ! CATO. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason :...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides, All else is towering phrenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those, who draw the sword In Rome's defence,... | |
| George Chalmers - 1811 - 254 Seiten
...when the well-informed voice of the people cries out, in the sentiment, and language, of ADDISON, " True fortitude is seen, in great exploits, " That...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides } " All else is towering frenzy, and distraction." * Political Economy. APPENDIX: viz. N» I. — A Chronological Account... | |
| Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 496 Seiten
...not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason ; True fin-lit udr is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants,...guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. Lucius, we next would know what's your opinion. Luc. My thoughts, I must confess, are turn'd on peace.... | |
| Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 Seiten
...unrevenged amongst us. Cato. Let not a torreni of imiicfuouszeal Transport thee thus beyond the bound] of reason. True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants and that wisdom guides ; A!! else is towering frenzy and distraction". Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...slow, . And Scipio's ghost walks unreveng'd amongst us ! Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason :...warrants, and that wisdom guides : All else is tow'ring phrensy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defence entrusted... | |
| 1824 - 348 Seiten
...are slow ; And Scipio's ghost walks unrcveng'd amongst us : CATO. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason. True...distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword fn Rome's defence, entrusted to our care? Should we thus lead them to a field of slaughter, Might not... | |
| British drama - 1824 - 834 Seiten
...Scipio s ghost walks unreveng'd amongst us. Calo, Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thec S towering frenzy and distraction. Lucius, we next would know what'n your opinion. Luc. My thoughts,... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 Seiten
...shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear._ Rowe's Ambitious Stepmother. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...warrants, and that wisdom guides ; All else is tow'ring phrensy and distraction. Addison's Cato. To a mind resolv'd and wise, There is an impotence in misery,... | |
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