| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 544 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,... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 454 pages
...when a king shall again be entertained in Scotland." " ' 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,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 pages
...breeding what Addison, in his Cato ', says of honour : — ' Honour 'sa 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.' Boswell's Life of Johnson, v. 82. Political second sight:... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 356 pages
...Addison, in his Cato l, says of honour : — ' Honour 'sa sacred tie ; the law of Kings ; The nobJe mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her; And imitates her actions where she is not.' Boswell's Life of Johnson, v. 82. Political second sight... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 480 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,... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 558 pages
...what Addison, in his Cato, says of honour : — , " ' Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of kings ; i 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,... | |
| Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...to one side, but mod'rate to the rest. Pope. SAOBEDNESS OP. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kinge, 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. THE THIRST FOB.... | |
| JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...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, And imitates her actions where she is not.' " When he took up his large oak stick, he said, " My lord,... | |
| James Wilson - Constitutional law - 1895 - 642 pages
...the bane, ought to receive, from all its institutions, the just degree of favor and regard. Honor's a sacred tie — The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...virtue should not be dignified with the appellation of honor. It is the sentiment of some writers, highly distinguished too by their liberal and manly principles,... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides - 1898 - 442 pages
..." says of honour : ' t • ' '• '•<•'*•• " ' Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of Kings ; . The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens Virtue where it meets her, Arid imitates her actions where she is not.' " When he took up his large oak stick, he said, " My lord,... | |
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