 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 Seiten
...enough, Thou need'st not brand it with a scoff ; Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But cannot blur my lost renown : I am not now in Fortune's power, He that is down can fall no lower. The ancient heroes were illustrious For being benign, and not blustrous Against a vanquish'd foe ; their swords Were sharp... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...ground cannot fall. " He that is down need fear no fall." BUNYAN. " A dead mouse feels no cold." " I am not now in fortune's power, " He that is down can fall no lower." BUTLER. See " Nondum incurvum." " Forsan miseros." Qui luxuriosus est, necesse est ut et avarus sit.... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...Canto iii. Line 263. He had got a hurt Of the inside of a deadlier sort. part \. Canto iii. Line 309 l am not now in fortune's power ; He that is down can fall no lower.t Part \, Canto iii. Line 877. * See Proverbs, p. 389. t He that is down need fear no fall. BUNYAN.... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 Seiten
...adversity, Which, like a toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. SHAKSPEARE I am not now in fortune's power ; He that is down can sink no lower. BUTLER'S Hudibras Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that... | |
 | Tresham Gilbey - 1872 - 474 Seiten
...RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR STALE CONTRIBUTOR. ALL ABOUT A BALLOON. ' Fly ?—not yet.' MOORE (slightly altered]. ' I am not now in fortune's power. He that is down can fall no lower.'—HUDIBRAS. MAN is animated by a variety of passions; but there are two of which the student... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 Seiten
...continued.] For those that run away, and fly, Take place at least o' th' enemy.1 Part \. Canto iii. Line 609. I am not now in fortune's power : He that is down can fall no lower.2 Part i. Canto iii. Line 877. Cheer'd up himself with ends of verse, And sayings of philosophers.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...continued.] For those that run away, and fly, Take place at least o' th' enemy.1 Part i. Canto iii. Line 609. I am not now in fortune's power ; He that is down can fall no lower.2 Part \. Canto iii. Line 877. Cheer'd up himself with ends of verse, And sayings of philosophers.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...fortune next, with looks serene and kind, Receives 'em, in her ancient fane enshrined. ADDISON. I am now in fortune's power : He that is down can fall no lower. BUTLER: Hudibras. When fortune sends a stormy wind, Then show a brave and present mind; And when with... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 Seiten
...enough, Thou need'st not brand it with a scoff ; Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But cannot blur my lost renown. I am not now in Fortune's power; He that is down can fall no lower. The ancient heroes were illustrious For being benign, and not blusterous, Against a vanquished foe : their swords Were sharp... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 Seiten
...enough, Thou need'st not brand it with a scoff ; Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But cannot blur my lost renown : I am not now in Fortune's power, He that is down can fall no lower. The ancient heroes were illustrious For being benign, and not blustrous 880 Against a vanquish'd foe ; their swords Were sharp... | |
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But cannot blur my lost renown : I am not now in Fortune's power, He that is down can fall no lower. The ancient heroes were illustrious For being benign, and not blustrous Against a vanquish'd foe ; their swords Were sharp and trenchant, not their words... 
