 Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant : 'tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle. If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed....  Hudibras: Poëme - Seite 278von Samuel Butler - 1757 - 365 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 Seiten
...that is valiant, and dares fight, Though drubb'd, can lose no honour by't. Honour's a lease for time to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant ; 'tis a chattel 1045 Not to be forfeited in battle. If he, that in the field is slain, Be in the bed of honour lain... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 Seiten
...cudgell'd ; He that is valiant, and dares fight, Though drubb'd, can lose no honour by't. Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant : 'tis a chattle Not to be forfeited in battle. If he that in the field is slain, Be in the bed of honour lain... | |
 | 1824 - 436 Seiten
...(hat is valiant, and dares fight, Though drubb'd, can lose no honour by't. Honour's a Lease for Lire* to come, And cannot be extended from The legal Tenant: 'tis a Chattel Not to be forfeited in Battol. It be, that in the Field is slain, Be in the Bed of Honour lain ; He that is beaten may be... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 Seiten
...of Butler, by which he has very richly amplified the entire imagery. Butler says, " Honour's a LEASE for LIVES TO COME, And cannot be extended from The LEGAL TENANT." Hud. part ic 3. v. 1043. The same thought may be found in Sir George Mackenzie's " Essay on preferring... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - 768 Seiten
...Sometimes this word is used in the singular number, and also in the figurative sense ; Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The...legal tenant ; 'tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle. HDDIBBAS. Moveables comprehends all the other terms in the limited application to property,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1829 - 346 Seiten
...1040 He that is valiant, and dares fight, Though drubb'd, can lose no honour by't. Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant ; 'tis a chattel 1045 Not to be forfeited in battle. If he that in the field is slain, Be in the bed of honour lain,... | |
 | 1831 - 426 Seiten
...is val'ant, and dares tight, Though drubb'd, can lose no honour by 't. Honour's a Irase for lives (o come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant : 'tis a chattel 1045 Not to be forfeited in battle. If he that in the field is slain, Be m the bed of honour lain ;... | |
 | William Toone - 1832 - 584 Seiten
...will be master of what is mine own; She is my goods, my chattels. TAHINO OF A SHREW. Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The...legal .tenant— 'tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle. HUOIBRAS. CHAWDRON (Goth, kuidron), the entrails or stomach of a beast. Add thereto aty^cr's... | |
 | William Toone - 1832 - 504 Seiten
...will be master of what is mine own ; She is my goods, my chattels. TAMIHO or A SUEEW. Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from ' -. • The legal tenant— 'Us a chattel ' • Not to be forfeited in battle. . M HODIEKAS. CHAWORON (Goih.kuidron), the entrails... | |
 | William Toone - 1834 - 496 Seiten
...own j She is my goods, my chattels. TAMIHO of A SHEEW. Honour's a lease for lives to come, And eannot be extended from The legal tenant— 'tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle. HVDIEEAS. CHAWDEON (Goth, kuidron), the entrails or stomach of a beast. Add thereto a tyger'a... | |
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