 CATO. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason: True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction.  The Fair Penitent: A Tragedy - Page 43by Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 57 lehteFull view - About this book
 | David Murdoch - 1861 - 486 lehte
...the bottomless pit." • CHAPTER X. THE PERILS OF A PILGRIMAGE. "Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason; True...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else is towering frenzy and distraction." ADDISOK'S Cato. THE young Dutchman reached home that evening tired,... | |
 | 1861 - 356 lehte
...till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. JE LOWELL. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else is towering phrensy and distraction. ADDISON. Who the Creator love, created might Dread not; within their... | |
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen - 1861 - 418 lehte
...wonderful constancy in his friends, and the devoted attachment of his wife. Addisou observes, — " True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. All else is towering phrensy and distraction." Nothing could be more exactly opposed to the career of the husband,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 lehte
...are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged amongst us! Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason: True...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defence intrusted... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 338 lehte
...lasting and important. In this respect her life is a great moral lesson, as her work was a great poem. " True Fortitude is seen in great exploits That Justice...guides, All else is tow'ring Frenzy and Distraction." 127 ELIZABETH CARTER: THE LEARNED GIRL, LINGUIST, AND TRANSLATOR. Ir is not always the quickest or... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 lehte
...commonly the effects of interest, pride, and worldly honour. Dryden. FOBTITITDE— in great Exploits. True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants and that wisdom guides. Add ¡son. FORTITUDE-Nobleness of. Brave spirits are a balsam to themselves ; There is a nobleness... | |
 | John Purdue Bidlake - 1863 - 224 lehte
...unto you." ' Kot a soldier discharged his farewell-shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried.' 1 True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides.' • Thou marshalleet me the way that I was going, And such an instrument, I was to use.' EXERCISES.... | |
 | 1864 - 332 lehte
...are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unreveng'd amongst us. Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason. True...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides: All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defence, intrusted... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 lehte
...are slow, [us ! And Scipio's ghost walks unreveng'd amongst Cato. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason :...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides, All else is towering phrenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome's defence intrusted... | |
 | Henry Morford - 1864 - 336 lehte
...greeted with cheers, that must have sounded gratefully to ears, fast closing to earthly sounds. . " True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else ia towering frenzy and distraction." About nine in the forenoon, to the sound of lively musketry on... | |
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