...prompt you. I have finished my epistle, and — may it please your Majesty. (Signed) PEREGRINE. On " Men's evil manners live in brass : their virtues We write in water—" SHAKSPEARE. OF all those errors, to' which, ftom the frailty and weakness of our natures, we are perpetually...

...stanzas will supply future commentators with a parallel passage to the well-known apothegm in Shakspeare: Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. On ne ge souvient que du mal; L'ingratitude règne au monde : L'injure se grave en métal, £t le bienfait...

...were, as he then was, mighty; But his performance, as he is now, notliing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam,...please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock,...

...were, as he then was, mighty; But his performance, as he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam,...please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock,...

...His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace. Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues VVe write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Grif. Noble madam, Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; 1 were malicious else. Though from an humble stock,...

...faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues. Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water. The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance...

...performance, as he is now, nothing: Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Crom. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their...please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Cromwell; I were malicious else. Crom. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock,...

...were, as he then was, mighty; But his performance, as he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam,...brass ; their virtues We write in water. May it please yonr highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif....

...now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, MenTs evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write...please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; (1) This scene is above any other part of Shakspeare's tragedies, and...

...were, as he then was, mighty; But his performance, as he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam,...manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. • * * * * This cardinal, , Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to* much honour....