 | David Harrison Stevens - 1923 - 938 lehte
...The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, 104 manage a ⁀ 5 SYPHAX. By heav'ns, I'm ravished when you talk thus, tho' you chide me! Alas! I've hitherto been used... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 lehte
...Scotland.' ' 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, he said, ' My lord, that's Homerick ; ' thus pleasantly alluding... | |
 | Royall Tyler - 1970 - 234 lehte
...Kirkland. Honor's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguished perfection, Which aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she's not. ADDISON ARGUMENT The Author in imminent Danger of his Life in a Duel. THE very next morning... | |
 | Shattuck - 1997 - 420 lehte
...noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, Juba, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Xj£Syfh. Believe me, prince, you make old Syphax weep, To hear you talk, — but 'tis with tears of... | |
 | Peter McNamara - 1999 - 278 lehte
...describes it: 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. This sense of honor makes him independent of the opinions of all but a few worthy judges— among whom... | |
 | Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 lehte
...Juba points out: Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her,...actions, where she is not: It ought not to be sported with.1' In an age like ours, which prizes spontaneity and "naturalness," Washington's behavior appears... | |
 | David Hume - 2003 - 376 lehte
...the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection. That aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not: It ought not to be sported with. These lines are very beautiful: But I am afraid, that Mr. ADDISON has here been guilty of that impropriety... | |
 | David Hume - 2006 - 629 lehte
...the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, when it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with." These lines are very beautiful ; but I am afraid that Mr, Bnt to return from this digression, I shall... | |
 | 1912 - 992 lehte
...of this sketch : Honor'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. WL PIRT, MD Dr. WL Pirt, of Carman, Manitoba, was found dead beside his auto two miles west of the... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - 1806 - 402 lehte
...of young Juba. 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 site is not. It ought not to be sported with. — Cato. 7. In the second place we are to consider those... | |
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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. 
