 Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender twig of nice distinctions. These, for the unfeeling vulgar, may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy nobly swayed, Stand at another bar than that of laws.  Uncle Horace: A Novel - Էջ 111Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1838Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Bell - 1792 - 340 էջ
...unlicens'd marriage is affronted, " To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. " Sig. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch " At every slender twig of nice distinctions. " These for th" unfeeling vulgar may do well : " But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule " Of virtuous delicacy... | |
 | Charles Shadwell - 1797 - 446 էջ
...unlicens'd marriage is affronted, " To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. " Sig. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch " At every slender twig of nice distinctions. " These for th' unfeeling vulgar may do well : " But those, whoso souls are by the nicer rule " Of virtuous delicacy... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 454 էջ
...unlicens'd marriage is affronted, " To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. " Sig. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch " At every slender twig of nice distinctions. " These for th' unfeeling vulgar may do well : " But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule " Of virtuous delicacy... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 336 էջ
...unlicens'd marriage 'is affronted, To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. SIGISMUNDA. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender twig of nice distinctions. These for th' unfeeling vulgar may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 348 էջ
...unlicens'd marriage is affronted, To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. SIGISMUNDA. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender twig of nice distinctions. These for th' unfeeling vulgar may do well: But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 էջ
...this unlicensed marriage is affronted, To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. Sig. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender...unfeeling vulgar, may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy nobly swayed, Stand at another bar than that of laws. Then... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 էջ
...marriage is affronted, To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. Sig. Honour, my lord, is inuch too proud to catch At every slender twig of nice distinctions....unfeeling vulgar, may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy nobly swayed, Stand at another bar than that of laws. Then... | |
 | 1806 - 408 էջ
...find the height of all their Heav'n is Goodness. HONOUR superior to JUSTICE. (THOMSON.} HONOUR, my Lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender twig of nice distinctions. These for th* unfeeling vulgar may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule , Of virtuous delicacy... | |
 | 1811 - 620 էջ
...this unlicensed marriage is affronted, To bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. Sig. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender...unfeeling vulgar, may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy nobly swayed, Stand at another bar than that of laws. Then... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 էջ
...bid the laws themselves pronounce it void. Sig. Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At eveiy slender twig of nice distinctions. These, for the...unfeeling vulgar, may- do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Ot virtuous delicacy nobly swayed, Stand at another bar than that of laws. Then... | |
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