 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - Počet stránok 540
...virtue where it meets her, * For a comment on these famous lines, see Kotc on the Guardian, No. 161. And imitates her actions, where she is not: It ought not to be sported with. SYPHAX. By heavens I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, tho' you chide me ! Alas ! I've hitherto been used... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - Počet stránok 310
...meets her, And imitates her actions where she is nut ; It ought not to be sported with. Cttto. Ill the second place, we are to consider those who have...mistaken notions of honour. And these are such as establish any thing to themselves for a point of honour, which is contrary either to the laws of God,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - Počet stránok 484
...Addison jq his CATO says of honour : " Honour's a sacred tie; the law of Kings; " The noble min4's distinguishing perfection, " That aids and strengthens...her; " And imitates her actions where she is not." When he took up his large oak stick, he said, " My lord, that's Homerick ;" thus pleasantly alluding... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - Počet stránok 492
...to one or other. I have always applied to good breeding, what Addison in, his CATO says of honour : aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her} *' And imitates her actions where she is not." When he jtook up his large oak stick, he said, " My lord, that's Homerich ;" thus pleasantly alluding... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - Počet stránok 496
...Syphux, I know thou lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carried thee too far. Honour's a sacred lie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. £>!/I>h. Believe me, prince, yon make old Syphax weep To hear yon talk — but His with tears of joy.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Počet stránok 1082
...perfection, That aids and strengthens virtuewheii it meets her, And imitates her action* when; she a not ; It ought not to be sported with. CATO. In the...mistaken notions of honour. And these are such as establish any thing to themselves for a point of honour, which is contrary either to the laws of God,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Počet stránok 490
...service? M. Syphax, I know thou lov'st me bu indeed Thjr zeal for Juba carried thee too far. Honor's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing...perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets • *ier« And imitates her actions where she is not : H ought not to be sported with. 1 Sy. By heavens,... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - 1817 - Počet stránok 256
...the perfection of a benevolent and generous soul ; " A tiered tie, the law of kings, The noble mind $ distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens...meets her* And imitates her actions where she is not." • CHAPTER LXIV. APPLAUSE. 1. IF we suppose that there are spirit?, or angels, wh» look into the... | |
 | Alicia M'Gennis - 1817 - Počet stránok 806
...the law of kings, tlie noble mind's distinguishing perfection, that aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her, and imitates her actions where she is not : it ought not to be sported with." STRATHBOGIE was alive to the sound of honour — it beat on his eager ear, and his breast was rapture... | |
 | 1817 - Počet stránok 708
...a favourable influence over the moral judgment, and gives birth to a delicacy of sentiment, which " Aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not." WH SOME ACCOUNT OF BILLY MARSHAL, A GYFSEY CHIEF. MB EDITOR, AMONG some instructive and many very entertaining... | |
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Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not, It ought not to be sported with. 
