| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...thing,It can twine with itself, ajid make closely its oie n Honor's a sacred tie, ihe law of Icings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets hei And imitates her actions, where she is not. False honor, like a comet — blazes broad, But blazes... | |
| James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...good breeding, what Addison in his Can 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 lord,... | |
| 1847 - 488 pages
...and her own fond proud heart the very most. CHAPTER IV. " 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 is not to be sported with." — Addison's Calo. "WHEN... | |
| English literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...and her own fond proud heart the very most. CHAPTER IV. " 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 is not to be sported with." — Addison't Cato. WHEN... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...breeding, what Addison, in his Cato, says of honour : — " ' Honour's a sacred tic ; the law of kings ; The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her, A ad imitates her actions where she is not.' " When he took up his large oak stick, he said, " My lord,... | |
| James Boswell - 1851 - 410 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 lord,... | |
| William Lennox L. Fitzgerald De-Ros (23rd baron.) - Military art and science - 1851 - 594 pages
...teach. But there is a species of false honour, which is * " 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 actions where she is not." ADDISOM'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. too frequently confounded with... | |
| Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Pope. Honor 'sa sacred tie, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. Addison. HOPE. Hope springs eternal in the human breast... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - English poetry - 1853 - 334 pages
...Than to die well, and not my master's debtor. HONOUR. P< tiour'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 cot : It it sot to be sported with. ' HONOUR ITS OWN REWARD.... | |
| Joseph Addison - English literature - 1853 - 902 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 uot to be sported with CATO. In the second... | |
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