 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...breeding, what Addison in his Cato' says of honour: — " 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." ' When he took up his large oak stick, he said, ' My... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791
...lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carried thee too far. 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. Syph. By Heav'ns, I'm... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 466 pages
...lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba can led thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the la* 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. Syph. By Heav'ns, I'm... | |
 | 1803 - 572 pages
...the moralist, is sufficiently fixed by that •f the poet: " Honour's a sacred tic, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her action:, where she in not."' This maxim is, besides, inconsistent with Dr. Paley's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 526 pages
...with the description of honour in the part of young Juba. 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 — CAT*)'. In the... | |
 | French fiction - 1807 - 323 pages
...love will assuage the pangs of remorse. CHAPTER VII. i" 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 might not to be sported with." ELIZA revived from... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 372 pages
...with the description •f honour in the part of young Juba: ' 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 ' CATO' In the second place,... | |
 | George Farquhar - Authors, English - 1808 - 338 pages
...lov'st me ; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carry'd thee too far. 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. Syph. Believe, me prince,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 446 pages
...lov'st me ; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carry'd thee too far. 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. Syph. Believe, me prince,... | |
 | Military art and science - 1809 - 336 pages
...itself. If such be the powerful operation of this prin» " 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." . Addisuii's Tragedy of CATC. ciple as to supply the... | |
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