 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...as he now is, nothing. In perso'nal conduct he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. [Griffith.] Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their...please your highness To hear me speak his good, now ? [Catherine.] Yes, good Griffith; I were malicious else. And though he was unsatisfied in getting,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 564 pages
...performance, as he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill,* and gave The clergy ill example. iMen's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues 'We write...in water. ") May it please your highness To hear me speaknis good now ? Grif. Noble madam, Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Though from... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...— ii. 2. 432 Woe doth the heavier sit, Where it perceive s it is but faintly borne. 17— i. 3. 433 Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. 25 — iv. 2. 434 When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will.... | |
 | John Wodderspoon - Suffolk (England) - 1839 - 334 pages
...particular reference to the Cardinal, through the mouth of the faithful Griffith, in Henry VIII., says— " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." It would appear from this passage the poet was sensible that the spirit of detraction had been more... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1839 - 264 pages
...strings silent lie ; Sleep, sleep again, my Lyre ! and let thy master die I " Unhappily, however, — "Men's evil manners live in brass, Their virtues we write in water ;" — The " Davideis" is now seldom quoted; and when it is noticed, it is not for the purpose of recalling... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 320 pages
...performance, as he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass, their...highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal. Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1896 - 324 pages
...an' a' that, A man *sa man for a' that," and, as the faithful GRIFFITH observed to Queen KATHERINE, " Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water." So sometimes, when due north, we put a little whiskey in it. But Lord ROSEBERY has found the real happy... | |
 | Saint Thomas More - 1841 - 372 pages
...desirous, was to frame the city to his appetite. * Shakspeare has imitated this striking sentiment : — " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." Of spiritual men he took such as had wit, and were in authority among the people for opinion of their... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not, &c., &c. As you like it. Act ii. Scene 7. Griffith. Men's evil manners live in brass: their virtues We write in water. King Henry VIII. Act iv. Scene 2. Antony. The evil that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred... | |
 | France - 1841 - 764 pages
...body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example." As the faithful Griffith says to Catharine — " May it please your highness To hear me speak his good, now ? This Cardinal, undoubtedly, Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar ; Exceeding... | |
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Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. 
