 | Thomas Ewing - 1832
...full length, and spin it to the last. So shall we gain still one day's liberty ; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. ABUISOX. SPEECHES. 1. — SPEECH OF HENRY V. TO HIS SOLDIEBS AT THE SIEGE OF HARFLEUR.... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 346 lehte
...CM." EXAMPLE 6. I had rather be tbe first man in that m'W-age, than the *ec-ond in Rome. EXAMPLE 7. A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, is worth a whole e-ter-nity of bondage. High note on " hour," with strong percussion, and deep downward slide ; a rise of note, with deep downward... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1832 - 312 lehte
...myselfe the pleasure of setting down some imitations I observed in the Cato of Addison. 'ADD180N. ' A day, an hour of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.' Act II. Sc. 1. ' TULLY. ' Quod si immortal Has consequeretur prasentis periculi fugam,... | |
 | Giuseppe Pecchio - 1833 - 525 lehte
...is worth ten years of life spent under the azure skies of enslaved and enervated countries : — " A day, an hour of virtuous liberty. Is worth a whole eternity of bondage !" Addison's Cato. Taking a stroll on the skirts of the city, without any fixed object, I perceived... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 144 lehte
...considerest not the BEAM that is in thy OWN eye ? 470. And Nathan said unto David, THOU art the man. 471. A day, an HOUR of virtuous liberty, is worth a whole eternity of bondage. 472. I'm tortured even to madness when I THINK of the proud victor. 473. 'Tis all a libel, PAXTON,... | |
 | 1871 - 268 lehte
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 | R T. Linnington - 1837
...full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's LIBERTY : And let me perish, but in CATO'S judgment, A DAY, an HOUR, of virtuous LIBERTY, Is worth a whole ETERNITY in bondage. [Enter Junius.} JUN. Fathers, this moment, as I watch 'd the gate, Lodg'd on my post, a... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837
...full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one dav's liberty ; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter MARCUS. Marcus. Fathers, tliis moment, as I wítcW the gates Lodg'd on my post, a... | |
 | 1841
...ON ADDISON'S "CATO." — Every one a acquainted with that passage of Addison in his tragedy of Cato, "a day, an hour of virtuous liberty, is worth a whole eternity of bondage." Liberty appeared too cheaply estimated at tliis rate to a bookseller in Sunderland, who some years... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 357 lehte
...precisely the same tone of voice, how shockingly would the spirit and beauty of the sentiment be marred ! A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. act only two words in succession, but even three, four, or five, with scarcely a perceptible... | |
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. 
