 | Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 452 sidor
...baron drew his sword And qucstion'd me. Alone, forsaken, faint, Kneeling beneath his sword, fault'ring I took 'An oath equivocal, that I ne'er would Wed...! Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, i And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way. Anna. Alas! how... | |
 | William Sampson - 1807 - 474 sidor
...traced the following passage, which, if I remember well, is to be found in the tragedy of Douglas : "Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gaptj» And from the gulf of hell damnation cry To take dissimulation's winding way." Such was the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 sidor
...endeavoured to defend that pathetic k and beautiful tragedy, and repeated the following passage : " Sincerity, " Thou first of virtues ! let no mortal...path, although the earth should gape, " And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, " To take dissimulation's winding way." Johnson. " That will not do,... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1812 - 480 sidor
...baron drew his sword And question'd me. Alone, forsaken, faint, Kneeling beneath his sword, fault'ring I took An oath equivocal, that I ne'er would Wed one...first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path ! however poiv'r may threat, And death itself may haunt with all its fears, To take dissimulation's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 sidor
...endeavoured to defend that pathetick and beautiful tragedy, and repeated the following passage ; -'•' Sincerity, " Thou first of virtues ! let no mortal...leave " Thy onward path, although the earth should gaps, " And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, " To take dissimulation's winding way." JOHNSON.... | |
 | William Sampson - 1817 - 452 sidor
...following passage, which, if I remember well, is to be found in the tragedy of Douglas^ "Sincerity, Thoii first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulph of hell damnation cry To take dissimulation's winding way." Such was the rehuke I addressed to... | |
 | Society of ancient Scots - 1821 - 226 sidor
...originally Lady Barnard, but changed to Randolph on the first representation. of the play in London. A. s, SINCERITY, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path ! although the world should gape, And from the gulph of hell, Destruction cry To take Dissimulation's winding way.... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821 - 414 sidor
...originally Lady Barnard, but changed to Randolph on the first representation of the play in London. A. s. - SINCERITY, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path ! although the world should gape, And from the gulph of hell, Destruction cry To take Dissimulation's winding way.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 340 sidor
...deserve our spurs.' I • CHAPTER XVIII. Sincerity, Thou first of virtues ! let no mortal leave The onward path, although the earth should gape And from the gulf of hell destructioiKcry, To take dissimulation's winding way. , . Douglas. IT* was not till after a long and... | |
 | John Home - 1822 - 420 sidor
...drew his sword, And question'd me. Alone, forsaken, faint, Kneeling beneath his sword, fault'ring, I took An oath equivocal, that I ne'er would Wed one...path ! although the earth should gape, And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way. Anna. Alas ! how few of woman's... | |
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Sincerity ! Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path! although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry To take dissimulation's winding way. 
