 | William Cobbett - 1813 - 716 lehte
...vengeance only upon the virtuous. To yourselves therefore I consign you. Enjoy your own pandemonium — " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, " The post of honour is a private station." Mr. Charles Turner then informed the House, that notwithstanding the resolutions they had come to,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 lehte
...indeed, dazzle only the vulgar. A stroke of nature is, in my opinion, worth a hundred such thoughts, as " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." Cato is a fine dialogue on liberty, and the love of one's country ; but considered as a dramatic performance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 lehte
...indeed, dazzle only the vulgar. A stroke of nature is, in my opinion, worth a hundred such thoughts, as " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." Cato is a fine dialogue on liberty, and the love of one's country ; but considered as a dramatic performance,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1823 - 228 lehte
...1670 When vice prevails and impious men be'ar fway, The pdlt of ho'nour is a privatfe ftation. Port. 'I hope, my father do'es not recommend A life to Portius that he fco'rns himfelf* Cato. Farewell , my friends , if there be any o'f you, 4675 Who dare not tnift the... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 458 lehte
...good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. For. 1 hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius,...himself. Cato. Farewell, my friends! If there be any of yon, Who dare not trust the victor's clemency, Know there are ships prepared, by my command, Tlicir... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 lehte
...rural life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; L'onlent thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius, that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 lehte
...harmless hours, Gay as the birds that revel in the grove, And sing the morning up. Tote's Loyal General. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Addison's Cato. This pure air Braces the listless nerves, and warms the blood : I feel in freedom here.... | |
 | 1826 - 502 lehte
...blesa'd Ji.humblc Til lues, and a rural life : There live retir'd: Content thyself to be obscurely good : When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The...I hope, my father does not recommend •A life to Porcius, that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell, my friends ! [Lucius and Senator*, mho are n. join... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 lehte
...lu humble virtues, and a rural life : There live retir'd: , Content thyself to be obscurely good : When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope, my father does not recommend A life to Porcius, that he scorns himself. Cain. Farewell,... | |
 | Westminster St. James - 1827 - 180 lehte
...at. Note 2, page 24, line 4, Spite of what all may say, " the post " Of honor is a private station," When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Cato, Act . IV. Scene II. Note 3, page 26, line 2. A certain longing for the fish. It is a fact, that... | |
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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. 
