 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
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 Seiten
...whose reliance on Truth, on Virtue, on God, is the most unfaltering. JFOrtttuttr. — Addison. TEUE Fortitude is seen in great exploits That Justice warrants, and that Wisdom guides : All else is tow'ring Phrensy and Distraction. Jfortitute. — Shakespeare. rpIME hath not yet so dried this Blood of mine,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1885 - 622 Seiten
...seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides, All else is towering phrensy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defenca intrusted to our care ? Should we thus lead them to a field of slaughter, Might not the impartial... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 Seiten
...Fortitude is a great help in distress. Plautus. 2. Fortitude is the mean between fear and rashness. 3. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom Fortress. 1. A fortress on its guard is not surprised. Sp. 2. The fortress that parleys soon surrenders.... | |
 | Thomas William Humes - 1888 - 438 Seiten
...stuff so flat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger, And think it pastime." HAMLET. " True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides; All else is tow'ring, frenzy and distraction." ADDISON'S Cato. '"pO a thoughtful observer at that time, TennesL see's condition was novel — unlike... | |
 | Eleanor O'Grady - 1890 - 634 Seiten
...Point at their wounds, and cry aloud, To battle ! Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason :...distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Home's defence entrusted to our care ? Should we thus lead them to a field of slaughter, Might not... | |
 | 1891 - 556 Seiten
...SORROW. Gird your hearts with silent fortitude Suffering yet hoping all things. Mrs. Hematíe. TRUE. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. Addison. It Is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...easier for the generous to forgive Than for offence to ask it. THOMSON : Edward and Eleonora. FORTITUDE. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides: All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. ADDISON. With what strength, what steadiness of mind, He triumphs in the midst of all his sufferings... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1910 - 778 Seiten
...the poverty of vice, the tattered rags of indolence, and the bloated heart of the riotous braggart. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides ; All else is towering, phrenzy and distraction. Society now invests every man with a position of dignity, and a... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...Vulgar minds refuse, or crouch beneath their load ; the brave bear theirs without repining. — Maltet. ?+ — A il'li я/ ni. There is a strength nf quiet endurance aa significant of courage as the most daring... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 Seiten
...Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! " 1771 Shaks. : Mer. of Venw. Act i. Sc. l FORTITUDE. . True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. 1772 ,\ddison: Cato. Act ii Sc. i Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance... | |
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