 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
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 394 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...I.Ho He that is valiant and dares tight, 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 10*5 Not to be forfeited in battle. If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 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 :3 'tis a chattel 1045 Not to be forfeited in battel.4 If he that in the field is slain, Be in the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 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 :s 'tis a chattel 104 5 Not to be forfeited in battel.4 If he that in the field is slain, Be in the... | |
 | George Crabb - 1841 - 556 Seiten
...this word is used in the singular number, and also in the figurative; Honour's a lease for lives lo come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant; 'tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle.— HUDÍBRAS. become юопег appropriated than the permanent, substantial SOll.'— BLACKSTONl.... | |
 | William Goodman - 1843 - 342 Seiten
...he was, he had not the noble notion of honour that the author of Hudibras had : " Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant." The pride of victory, as well as the vile passion for acquisition, combined in the character of Audley... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 Seiten
...The deadly forfeiture, and ransom set. ' Milton. ParadiK Lot!, book iii. I. 22! . Honour's a lea*e for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant ; 'tis a chattle Not to be forfeited in battle. Butler. Hudibrat, part i. cau. 3. But as our kind is of a softer... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 340 Seiten
...he was, he had not the noble notion of honour that the author of Hudibras had : " Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant." The pride of victory, as well as the vile passion for acquisition, combined in the character of Audley... | |
 | George Crabb - 1846 - 548 Seiten
...distance. Sometimes this word U used in the singular number, and also in the figurative; Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant; 'tis a chattfl Not to be forfeited in battle.— H ÜDIBRAS. Moveablct comprebende all the other terms In... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1846 - 530 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 I, C. 3, v. 1043. The same thought maybe found in Sir George Mackenzie's ' Essay on preferring... | |
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