 I have been taught, Octavio, to deserve, But not to seek reward, that does profane The dignity of virtue. If princes, For their own interests, will not advance Deserving subjects, they must raise themselves , By a brave contempt of fortune.  Rank and Talent: A Novel - Page 85by William Pitt Scargill - 1835 - 943 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 614 pages
...hardly durst Believe my eyes ; when came you to this town ? D. Ant. I am just now arrived. J). Oct. I joy to see you here ; but should have thought It...to have heard of you at court, Pursuing there the recompences due To your great merit. D. Ant. That is no place for men of morality : I have been taught,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English drama - 1827 - 444 pages
...durst Believe my eyes; when came you to this town ? Don Antonio. I am just now arrived. Don Octavio. I joy to see you here; but should have thought It...Pursuing there the recompenses due To your great merit. Don Antonio. That is no place for men of morality: I have been taught, Octavio, to deserve, But not... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - English drama - 1827 - 440 pages
...durst Believe my eyes ; when came you to this town ? Don Antonio. I am just now arrived. Don Octavio. I joy to see you here; but should have thought It...to have heard of you at court, Pursuing there the recpmpenses due To your great merit. Don Antonio. That is no place for men of mojality : I have been... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - English drama - 1876 - 552 pages
...unexpected, I hardly durst Believe my eyes. When came you to this town 1 DON A. I am just now arrived. DON O. I joy to see you here, but should have thought It...Pursuing there the recompenses due To your great merit. DON A. That is no place for men of morality : I have been taught, Octavio, to deserve, But not to seek,... | |
 | Allison Gaw - English drama - 1917 - 304 pages
...speech of Antonio's (not found in the Spanish) was very pointedly intended for the royal ear. Octavio. I joy to see you here, but should have thought It...to have heard of you at Court, Pursuing there the Recompences due To your transcendent Merit. Antonio. That is no place for men of my Moralitie. I have... | |
 | Literature - 1917 - 306 pages
...speech of Antonio's (not found in the Spanish) was very pointedly intended for the royal ear. Octavio. I joy to see you here, but should have thought It...to have heard of you at Court, Pursuing there the Recompences due To your transcendent Merit. Antonio. That is no place for men of my Moralitie. I have... | |
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