 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1827 - 276 lehte
...the snake preferred, and bite others yet," said Harclai, "and will come to my creed at last; for ' When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.'" " Yes," said Lady Eleanor, " when impious men do bear sway. Mortimer, however, is, at any rate, too... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1827 - 352 lehte
...snake preferred, and bite others yet," said Harclai, " and will come to my creed at last ; for ' Whsn vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.' " " Yes," said Lady Eleanor, " when impious men do bear sway. Mortimer, however, is, at any rate, too... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 926 lehte
...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life lo Portius that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell, my...friends! If there be any of you, Who dare not trust the victor's clemency, nd, port. Is there aught else, my friends, I can do for you? The conqueror draws... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 912 lehte
...rural life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be obscurely good. \\ lib dreadful imprecations lie denies All knowledge of the crime. But this is not Ili Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | 846 lehte
...every wise and upright legislator, ¡uid which makes me involuntarily exclaim, with the poet, that " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.'' Montesquieu justly observes, that " the national judges aro no more than the mouth that pronounces... | |
 | 1828 - 844 lehte
...every wise and upright legislator, Bid which makes me involuntarily exclaim, with the poet, that " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. 1 ' Montesquieu justly observes, that "the national judges are no more than the mouth that pronounces... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 930 lehte
...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. Calo. Farewell, my friends! If there he any of you, Who dare not trust the victor's clemency, Know... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 lehte
...impioui lust. Dry den. Shame and reproach is generally the portion of the impioiu and irreligious. South. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Addiion. The Roman wit, who impiously divides His hero and his gods to different sides, I would condemn.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 288 lehte
...good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. POKTIUS. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius...friends! if there be any of you Who dare not trust the victor's clemency, Know, there are ships prepared by my command (Their sails already opening to the... | |
 | Nathaniel Hooke - 1830 - 606 lehte
...theatre, when the tragedy of Cato was first acted, and these words were significantly sounded forth — " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station," will infer any thing. concerning the sense and disposition of a nation, from such roarings and clappings... | |
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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. 
