 | David Hume - 1758 - Страниц: 568
...when it meets bcrt And imitates her aflions where ße is not : It ought not to be ¡parted with. Thefe lines are very beautiful: But I am afraid, that Mr. ADDISON has here beer» guilty of that impropriety of fentiment, with which, on other occafions, he has iojuftly reproached... | |
 | David Hume - 1764 - Страниц: 614
...when it meets her. And imitates her afiions where Jhe is not : It ought net to lefported with. / Thefe lines are very beautiful : But I am afraid, that Mr....ADDISON has here been guilty of that impropriety of fentiment, with which, on other occafions, he has fo juftly reproached our poets. The ancients certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - Страниц: 552
...always applied to good 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,... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - Страниц: 292
...Syphax, I know thou 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.... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - Страниц: 462
...sacrifice His life, nay, more, his honour, in your service. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Sypli. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me! Alas I I've hitherto been... | |
 | 1797 - Страниц: 462
...know thou 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.... | |
 | 1803 - Страниц: 228
...noble ; or in such as have been cultivated by great examples, or a refined education. Honor's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue wher^ it 'meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. It ought not to be sported with. IMPATIENCE.... | |
 | 1803 - Страниц: 572
...the defmition of 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - Страниц: 418
...this head with the description of honour in the parting of young Juba. Honour's a sacred tie , the Jaw of kings , The noble mind's distinguishing perfection...where she is not. It ought not to be sported with.— — CATO. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of Honour. And these... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - Страниц: 946
...Juba. Syphax, I know thou luvest me ; but indeed gold, [ADDISON. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Spi/h. By Heavens, I am ravished when you talk thus, though you chide me ! Alas ! I have 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. 
