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" Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it. "
British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison ... - Page 18
by John Bell - 1791
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Recollections of a Naval Life, 1. köide

Sir James Scott - 1834 - 352 lehte
...of his countrymen when he does all that a man can do to ensure a happy result to his exertions — "Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius — we'll deserve it." Among the failures of last war, none presented conduct worthier of a different fate than the attempt...
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Bentley's Miscellany, 45. köide

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1859 - 672 lehte
...with would have justified them in displaying on their title-page the hackneyed quotation from Cato : "Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius — we'll deserve it. Most ready are we to acknowledge the merits of this translation, and the reverend love with which the...
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An account of the most remarkable voyages, from the discovery of America by ...

Account - 1838 - 304 lehte
...negroes in general is represented to be extremely creditable and orderly. The poet Addison observes— " Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." This sentiment is, we fear, too applicable to the case of the benevolent planners and patrons of this...
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The Autobiography of a Notorious Legal Functionary

Charles Whitehead - 1838 - 408 lehte
...other distinctici from their countrymen. Let them, then, conscl themselves with the words of Cato — " 'Tis not in mortals to command success ; But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." Let us, on the contrary, strive to reach that whicl they only deserve. Death is the great overtaker...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart..

John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 512 lehte
...troubles, and might well have said seriously, as he more than onee both said and wrote playfully, " "Pis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." * To assist them in amusing him in the hours which he spent out of his study, and especially that he...
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The Acting Drama; Containing Sixty Highly Popular Plays, Etc

Acting drama - 1839 - 936 lehte
...straight away, To animate the soldier's drooping courage With love of freedom, and contempt of life, And try to rouse up all that's Roman in 'em. 'Tis...; But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it. [Erif. Sim. Curse on the stripling ! How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious ! — But I wonder,...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 10. köide

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 380 lehte
...troubles, and might well have said seriously, as he more than once both said and wrote playfully, " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." * To assist them in amusing him in the hours which he spent out of his study, and especially that he...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 10. köide

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 384 lehte
...troubles, and might well have said seriously, as 1m more than once both said and wrote playfully, " 'Tii not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." * To assist them in amusing him in the hours which be spent out of his study, and especially that he...
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The Cambridge University Magazine, 1. köide,1. number

1840 - 528 lehte
...our pages, as in a wilderness of sweets and blossoms. With such materiel, who shall dare to cavil ? " "Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius — we'll deserve it." THE POETS OF ENGLAND WHO HAVE DIED YOUNG. NO. I.— THOMAS CHATTERTON. Heu miserande puer ! Si qua...
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The Life of Joseph Addison, 2. köide

Lucy Aikin - 1843 - 302 lehte
...this number are the following : " The woman who deliberates is lost." " Plant daggers in my heart." " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more Sempronius, we'll deserve it." " The pale unripen'd beauties of the north." " 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture...
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