 | Joseph Jones - 1833 - 348 Seiten
...frequently repeated the noble lines of a poet ; Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of kings ; The noble soul's distinguishing perfection ; That aids and strengthens...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Several portraits of the family adorned the walls of a spacious room. Some of them were valuable, as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 Seiten
...to one or other. I have always applied to good breeding, what Addison in hisCato says of honour: ' Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of kings ; The noble...distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens V blue w here it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not.' " When he took up his large... | |
 | 1833 - 828 Seiten
...Juba. Syphax, I know LIUU lov'et me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juna carried theo too far. :Ionour 'H a sacred tie, the law of kings. The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and t.trcngthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions w.Vrc she is not: 't ought not to... | |
 | George Browning (of London.) - 1834 - 702 Seiten
...the law of kings, And noble minds' 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." Dutch Negotiations. — The original object of the interference of England in the affairs of Holland,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 Seiten
...have always applied to good breeding, what Addison in his Cato says of honour: ' Honour's a gacred as for the moment, not only serious, but vehement. Yet I have hear " When he took up his large oak stick, he said, " My lord, that's Homerick; " thus pleasantly alluding... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 Seiten
...ml know no other motive. The effect, in the last case, Is finely described by Mr Addlson : Honour's sacred tie, the law of kings ; The noble mind's distinguishing...her. And imitates her actions where she is not. It is not to be sported with. From the man who does sport with it, who despises fame, and has great talents,... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy - 1836 - 772 Seiten
...Addison : Honour's sacred tie, the law of kings ; The noble rnind'e distinguishing perfection ; That aide and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is nul. It is not to be «ported with. From the man who does sport with it, who despises fame, and has... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 Seiten
...no God to see or punish vice, he would not commit it, because it is of so mean, so base, and so viU a nature. I shall conclude this head with the description...where she is not. It ought not to be sported with.' Coift In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour. And these... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 Seiten
...Neptune. Ev'n thus Do empty shew and true priz'd worth divide In storms of fortune. SHAKESPEARE. HONOUR is a sacred tie, the law of Kings, The noble mind's distinguishing...Meets her, and imitates her actions where she Is not. ADDISON. TRUE happiness Consists not in a multitude of friends, But in their worth and choice. BEN... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 Seiten
...The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, [her, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Syphax. By heavens ! [chide me ! I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you Alas ! I've hitherto been... | |
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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. 
