 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...one or other. I have always applied to good breeding, what Addison in his Cato' says of honour: — " Honour's a sacred tie ; the law of Kings ; The noble...her ; And imitates her actions where she is not." ' When he took up his large oak stick, he said, ' My lord, that's Hoiiicrick* ;' thus pleasantly alluding... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 292 pages
...your service. Jub. Syphax, I know thou lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba carried thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble...her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Syph. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me!... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...know thou lov'st me; but indeed Thy zeal for Juba can led thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the la* of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,...her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Syph. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...Cato? That Syphax loves you, and would sacrifice His life, nay, more, his honour, in your service. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Sypli. By Heav'ns, I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide... | |
 | 1803 - 572 pages
...the defmition of the moralist, is sufficiently fixed by that •f the poet: " Honour's a sacred tic, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing...strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her action:, where she in not."' This maxim is, besides, inconsistent with Dr. Paley's own rule ofgrntral... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1803 - 228 pages
...naturally noble ; or in such as have been cultivated by great examples, or a refined education. Honor's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue wher^ it 'meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not. It ought not to be sported with. IMPATIENCE.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
....'..i..i ; ., ' I shall conclude this head with the description of honour in the part of young Juba. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, ' . The noble..., And imitates her actions where she is not. . It ought not to be sported with — CAT*)'. In the second place, we are to consider those who have mistaken... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...indeed, Thy zeal for Juba carried thee too far. Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind.s distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens...meets her. And imitates her actions, where she is not: SYPHAX. By heavens I'm ravish'd when you talk thus, though you chide me ! Alas! I've hitherto been... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...more, his honour, in your service? Juba. Syphax, I know thou luvest me ; but indeed gold, [ADDISON. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Spi/h. By Heavens, I am ravished when you talk thus, though you chide... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pages
...Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kin^, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection ; talk! [ADDISON. That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. Spyh. By Heavens, I am ravished when you talk thus, though you chide... | |
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Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with. 
