 | Owen Williams - English drama - 1828 - 912 pages
...service? .Intuí. Syphax, 1 know ihou lov'st mi»; but indeed Thy xeal for Juba carried thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings. The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and slrenglhens virtue where it meets her, • H Sjrptt. Believe me, prince, you make old Syphax weep To... | |
 | Joseph Hamilton (of Dublin.) - Dueling - 1829 - 304 pages
...him say with Sheru ,rh T deem ;t judge the action, I must know the meansni or with Addison, " Honor's a sacred tie, the law of Kings, The noble mind's distinguishing...actions, where she is not ; It ought not to be sported wilh." JOSEPH HAMILTON. Annadale Cottage, nrur Dublin. Not one of those, I believe, lias ventured to... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 878 pages
...upon you to be true, But that which loosened yours, my love to you. Dryden. Honour's a sacred tye, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing...where she is not , It ought not to be sported with. Addison. Lend me aid, I now conjure thee, lend. By the soft tye and sacred name of friend. Pope. TYE... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...elsewhere. Addieon on Italy. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings The noble mind's distiguishing perfection. That aids and strengthens virtue where...her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It is not to be sported with. Id. Cafo, Honours were conferred upon Antonine by Hadrhn in his infancy.... | |
 | 1829 - 842 pages
...sapreme. The noble mind's distinguishing perfection ; That aids and strengthens virtue whtn it rm'cts it, And imitates her actions, where she is not. It ought not to be sported with." From the prevalence of such a tenderness to the reputation of others, and such a noble jealousy for... | |
 | 1829 - 488 pages
...hence, what has been so beautifully said of honour, the law of kings, is no more than true : — It auli and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. DC Vert. imv It, PLANTERS. AMONG the earliest and most successful planters was Count Maurice, of Nassau,... | |
 | 1829 - 838 pages
...observance of it — and thus acquires the sentiment of honour. A sentiment somewhere said to be, " the noble mind's distinguishing perfection — that aids and strengthens virtue where it is — and imitates its actions where it is not." But the degree of honesty, adopted or professed,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 288 pages
...your service. JUBA. 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...where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. SYPHAX. By heavens I I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me ! Alas ! I've hitherto been... | |
 | British theatre - 1831 - 922 pages
...your service? Juba. Syphax, I know tbou lov'st me ; but indeed Thy leal for Juba carried thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings. The noble...perfection. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meet; her. 8 SOOT ii *• CATO. verg S/ph, Believe me, prince, you make old Syphax weep To bear you... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...other. I have always applied to good 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 Virtu.- where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not."" When he took up his large... | |
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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. 
