18. What heart in either grim array Throbs to the charge with wilder beat? MRS. HOLFord. 19. Fate made me what I am-may make me nothing,But either that or nothing must I be; I will not live degraded. BYRON'S Sardanapalus. 20. His breast with wounds unnumber'd riven, His back to earth, his face to heaven. BYRON'S Giaour. 21. As bold as Daniel in the lions' den. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. -The truly brave, When they behold the brave oppress'd with odds, 24. And the repress'd convulsion of the high 25. BYRON'S Two Foscari. -And the poor wretch mov'd me BYRON'S Two Foscari. 26. His blade is bared; in him there is an air BYRON'S Lara. 100 BREVITY-BRIBERY. 27. Commanding, aiding, animating all, Where foe appear'd to press, or friend to fall, 28. And tho' I hope not hence unscath❜d to go, Who conquers me, shall find a stubborn foe. BYRON'S Lara. BYRON'S English Bards, &c. 29. There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave; And Triumph weeps above the brave. 30. But each strikes singly, silently, and home, BYRON. BYRON'S Corsair. 31. They fought like brave men, long and well. FITZGREEN HALLECK. 32. Yet, it may be, more lofty courage dwells In one weak heart which braves an adverse fate, Warm'd by the fight, or cheer'd through high debate. 1. No wound which warlike hand of enemy It ever can recured be again. SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. Who steals my purse, steals trash; 't is something, nothing; "T was mine, 't is his, and has been slave to thousands : But he, who filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, SHAKSPEARE. 3. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, Thou shalt not escape calumny. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. 4. That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect; 5. Who stabs my name, would stab my person too, 6. For envy doth invade Works breathing to eternity, and cast Upon the fairest piece the greatest shade. CROWN. ALEYN. 102 CALUMNY - DETRACTION - ENVY - SLANDER, &c. 7. So a wild Tartar, when he spies A man that's valiant, handsome, wise, BUTLER'S Hudibras. 8. Envy's a sharper spur than pay, GAY's Fables. 9. Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise, For envy is a kind of praise. GAY's Fables. 10. Who praises Lesbia's eyes and features, 11. Canst thou discern another's mind? What is 't you envy? Envy's blind. GAY's Fables. GAY's Fables. 12. Slander'd in vain, enjoy the spleen of foes; 13. Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue; AARON HILL. POPE'S Essay on Criticism. 14. Base envy withers at another's joy, THOMSON'S Seasons. CALUMNY - DETRACTION-ENVY-SLANDER, &c. 103 15. With that malignant envy, which grows pale And sickens, even if a friend prevail, 16. For every thing contains within itself CHURCHILL. The seeds and sources of its own corruption; But Envy, of all evil things the worst, 17. Yet even her tyranny had such a grace, 18. 19. Curse the tongue BYRON'S Don Juan. Whence slanderous rumour, like the adder's drop, The ignoble mind Loves ever to assail with secret blow 20. As a base pack of yelping hounds, Who wish their betters to annoy, If a stray cur enter their bounds, Will bruise and mangle and destroy; So they will on some plan unite, HILLHOUSE. W. G. SIMMS. J. T. WATSON. |