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
| Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 Seiten
...let no dog hark ! " 1771 Shaks. : Mer. of Venic*. Act i. Sc. l FORTITUDE. True fortitude is seen iu great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom...guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. 1772 ' Addison : Cato. Aet ii Sc. I Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance... | |
| 1913 - 264 Seiten
...And we'll not fail. Shakespeare: Macbeth. For courage mounteth with occasion. Shakespeare: King John. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. Addison: Cato. What though the field be lost! All is not lost; the ungovernable will, And study of... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1914 - 540 Seiten
...us ! Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason : 45 True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...lives of those, who draw the sword In Rome's defence, entrusted to our care ? 50 Should we thus lead them to a field of slaughter, Might not th' impartial... | |
| Frederick Tupper - 1914 - 480 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 frenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defence intrusted... | |
| Edward Cyril Garcia - 1915 - 302 Seiten
...an entrance into the strife, the extreme altruism of the hero. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason: True...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides, All else is towering phrenzy and distraction. Should we thus lead them to a field of slaughter Might not th* impartial... | |
| John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 860 Seiten
...are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged amongst us! Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal gon ; if I see him I fear I shall turn to stone, and...him, he may resent your refusal, and insist upon towering frenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defence intrusted... | |
| Shattuck - 1997 - 420 Seiten
...fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides : AH else is towering frenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those...sword In Rome's defence intrusted to our care ? Should \ve thus lead them to a field of slaughter, Might not the impartial world too justly say, We lavish'd... | |
| Ignatius Sancho - 1998 - 388 Seiten
...have indicated a new marriage. LETTER LII 1 Addison: from Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Caio (1713): True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice...guides. All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. (2.1.45—47) 2 Sancho quotes from Steme, "Letter LVIII. To Mrs. M ds," Letters (1775), 2:129, probably... | |
| Daniel O'Quinn - 2005 - 444 Seiten
...dates of the capture of all the fortresses . . . during the war. At the bottom the following lines: True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides On the east end of the house was an elegant transparency of Justice and Fame supporting a medallion... | |
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