| India - 1854 - 532 pages
...truth for its own sake, and he held Honour to be " above life." With him it was, in .very truth, " The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her." His occasionally strong and bitter denunciations of the political and military authorities who misdirected... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pages
...lov'st me, but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carried thee too far. a 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. SYPHAX. By heavens I'm... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1853 - 600 pages
...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. SYPHAX. By heavens I'm... | |
| Sir William Nott - Afghan Wars - 1854 - 510 pages
...loved Truth tor its own sake, and he held Honour to be " above life." With him it was, in very truth, " The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her." His occasionally strong and bitter denunciations of the political and military authorities who misdirected... | |
| Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 pages
...because it is so mean, and base, and vile ? These are the ingredients of true honour. " Honour 'aa sacred tie The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...That aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions." That some of the advocates of this system may possess in a degree these... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 536 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 CATO. In the second place,... | |
| English drama - 1859 - 836 pages
...lov'et me; b* indeed Thy zeal for Jut» carried thee too far. Honour 'sa sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it и** her, And imitates her actions where she is not: It ought not to be sported with. Syph. Believe... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...Addison, in his Cato, says of honour : — " ' Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of kings ; The noMe e is politically right." MAYO. " I am of opinion, Sir, that every man is entitled to li And imitates her actions where she is not." When he took up his large <iak stick, he said, " My lord,... | |
| James Boswell - 1860 - 948 pages
...Addison, in his Cato, says of honour : — " ' Honour's a sacred tic ; the law of kinjjs ; The uolile 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,... | |
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