 CATO. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason: True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction.  The Fair Penitent: A Tragedy - Sida 43efter Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 57 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 sidor
...basis his renown ; A dream, a va]x>ur, or an ague-fit May make a coward of him. — Whitehead. Trae )/ } 8@ 0 phrensy and distraction. Addison. True valour Lies in the mind, the never-yielding purpose, Nor owns... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 sidor
...for the generous to forgive Than for offence to ask it. THOMSON : EJwarJ anil Eleanors. FORTITUDE. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides: All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. ADDISON. With what strength, what steadiness of mind, He triumphs in the midst of all his sufferings... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 sidor
...a patient hope 1 rest For the full day -break ing. Whittier. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides: All else is towering frenzy and destruction. Addison. Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 sidor
...grows rough by buffeting tempests ; But, in success dissolving, sinks to case, fuani u uZ—contin ued. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice...guides ; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. Addison, Cato. The human race are sons of sorrow born ; And each must have his portion. Vulgar minds... | |
 | Mary Anne Sadlier - 1882 - 400 sidor
...battle-shroud, And gory aabres rise and fall, Like sheets of flame in midnight pall." DRAKE. " True fortitude ia seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides ; All else is towering freuzy and distraction." ADDISON'S Cato, IFTER the stirring events recorded in our last chapter,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1883 - 596 sidor
...are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged amongst us ! CATO. Let not a torrcut of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason :...justice warrants, and that wisdom guides, All else is towering phrenzy and distraction. Are not the lives of those, who draw the sword In Rome's defenee,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 sidor
...Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! " 1771 Shaks. : Mer. of Venice. Act i. So. 1 FORTITUDE. Tr,ue fortitude is seen In great exploits That justice...that wisdom guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and d'n traction. 1772 Arldison: Cato. Act ii Sc. 1 Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and... | |
 | 1884 - 780 sidor
...In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking. Whiitier. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides: All else is towering frenzy and destruction. Additon. Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they... | |
 | John I. Jones - 1884 - 254 sidor
...JOHNSON. (69) Who will not mercy unto others show How can he mercy ever hope to have ? — SPENSEB. (70) True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides.- ADDISON. (71) We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise Powers Deny us for... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1885 - 476 sidor
...pretences.—ABBOTT'S Kant. GREEK VERSE. MR. TYKHELI.. (!id a. Let not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of reason ;...guides; All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction. Lucius, we next would know what's your opinion. Luc. My thoughts, I must confess, are turn'd on peace.... | |
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