 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 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." 1 To assist them in amusing him in the hours which he spent out of his study, and especially that he... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 710 lehte
...place. How strongly does that admirable line in the tragedy of Cato come to our minds, when he says, ' Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it-' " After having been on this occasion not so fortunate i to have been of any use under your command,... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 708 lehte
...How strongly does that admirable line in the tragedy of Cato come to our minds, when he says, 1 "I'is not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it.' " After having been on this occasion not so fortunate as to have been of any use under your command,... | |
 | Edward Hazen Parker - 1851 - 694 lehte
...as Christians, the duties of your high vocation ; ever stimulated by the sentiment of the poet — ' Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." " STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. We would call the attention of our subscribers to the notice of the annual... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1851 - 204 lehte
...Roman empire. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. The king's cavalry routed the whole army. I'll thunder in their ears their country's cause, And try to rouse up all that's Roman in them. The stars shone from the azure sky. The azure sea your empir* owns. BANE-FULi a. poisonous, ruinous,... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 lehte
...a young periodical to merit public approbation, and be able to say, in the language of the poet, " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." I append a list of the foreign publications through which we (staff and all) industriously waded, so... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 lehte
...events of war, I'll animate the soldiers' drooping courage, With love of freedom, and contempt of life : I'll thunder in their ears their country's cause, And try to rouse up all that's Roman in 'em. • Wonderfully exact, both in the sentiment, and expression. — The imagery, too, is in character... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 lehte
...keep their ground u habitual quotations, eg : — " .... big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome." " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." Meanwhile he was writing political papers and advancing in the political profession. He went Secretary... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 394 lehte
...ME. ADDISOX. " —While the Fathers of the Senate meet In close debate — With love of Freedom— I'll thunder in their ears their country's cause, And try to rouse np all that's British in them." THE OLD WHIG. No. 2. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1719. WITH BEMAKKS UPON THE... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 lehte
...events of war, I'll animate the soldiers' drooping courage, With love of freedom, and contempt of life : I'll thunder in their ears their country's cause,...success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it. [Exit. SEMPRONIUS, solus. Curse on the stripling ! how he apes his sire ? Ambitiously sententious !... | |
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Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it. 
