 | Mallet du Pan (M., Jacques) - 1852 - 510 pagina’s
...others, whose integrity equalled their sagacity, remembered the fine lines of Addison : VOL. i. o "' When impious men bear sway The post of honour is a private station.' "* After this retirement of two of its leaders, the rest of the party merged into the right side, although... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 pagina’s
...more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." " Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." " I think the Romans call it Stoicism." " My voice is still for war." "...And the eternal — " Plato, thou reasonest well," advancing in the political profession. He went Secretary to Ireland. He was appointed Secretary of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pagina’s
...her ladyship in 1716; and died at Holland House three years after that splendid but dismal union.* Not to mention —• " The woman who deliberates...perhaps, on the public their neglect of the play! * "The lady was persuaded to marry him on terms much like those on which a Turkish princess is espoused,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pagina’s
...more, Sempronius, we 'll deserve it." "Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." "I think the Romans call it Stoicism." "My voice is still for war." "...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." delight and homage from all — save from John Dennis in a minority of pne — Mr. Addison was called... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 pagina’s
...The post of honour is a private station." Not to mention — " The woman who deliberates is lost." nd the eternal — " Plato, thou reasonest well," which...avenges, perhaps, on the public their neglect of the play ! advancing in the political profession. He went Secretary to Ireland. He was appointed Secretary of... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pagina’s
...IMPIETY. To keep that oath were more impiety, Than Jephtha's, when he sacrificed his daughter. Khakspere. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Addison. The Eternal reigns in all through boundless space; Unwise! who first designed him form or... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pagina’s
...rural life. There live retired, pray for the peace of Rome : Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. PORTIUS. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. CATO. Farewel,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pagina’s
...stations of the world. Then is the period when the indignant lines of the poet are indeed applicable — " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." 88. That the spirit of freedom was at no period the ruling passion of the French Revolution has been... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pagina’s
...rural life. There live retired, pray for the peace of Home : Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. PORTIUS. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. Know, there... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pagina’s
...rural life. There live retired, pray for the peace of Rome : Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. PORTIUS. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns himself. Know, there... | |
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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. 
