 | sir John Thomas Gilbert - 1859 - Страниц: 408
...advise thee to retreat betimes To thy paternal seat, the Sabine field, Where the great Censor toiled with his own hands, And all our frugal ancestors were...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.' " This passage, no doubt, referred to some circumstances in z 2 Mr. Brooke's life. — I was charmed... | |
 | 1859 - Страниц: 828
...And all our frugal ancestors were bless'd In humble virtues, and a rural life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father does riot recommend A life to Portius,-that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | 1859 - Страниц: 836
...And all our frugal ancestors were blees'd In humble virtues, and a rural life; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; Content thyself to be...When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The poet of honour i> a private station. Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius, that... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1860 - Страниц: 750
...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." That the spirit of freedom was at no period the ruling passion of the French Revolution, has been declared... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - Страниц: 774
...Sabine field, Where the great censor toiTd with his own hands, And all our frugal ancestors were bless'd In humble virtues, and a rural life ! There live retired;...— When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, Пю poet of honour is a private station. Addimn. BETIBEMENT AND STUDY-Uee to be made of. It U a mean... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - Страниц: 462
...And all our frugal ancestors were bless'd In humble virtues and a rural life. There live retired : content thyself to be Obscurely good. When vice prevails,...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station ! * Farewell, my friends ! If there be any of you Who dare not trust the victor's clemency, Know, there... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - Страниц: 562
...: Title and profit I resign ; The post of honour shall be mine. GAY.— Fable II. Part II. Line M. Content thyself to be obscurely good : When vice prevails,...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. ADDISON. — Cato, Act IV. (Cato to Juba.) Honour's a sacred tie, the law of Kings It ought not to... | |
 | 1864 - Страниц: 332
...And all our frugal ancestors were bleea'd Tu humble virtues, and a rural life : There live retir'd : Content thyself to be obscurely good : "When vice...impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private statiou. Por. I hope, my father doe» not recommend A life to Porcins, that he всогпя himself.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - Страниц: 882
...stars, and thinks it luxury.' ' I think the Romans call it Stoicism.' ' My voice is still for war.' ' When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.' Not to mention : — 'The woman who deliberates is lost,' And the eternal: — 'Plato, thou reasonest... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1867 - Страниц: 448
...And all our frugal ancestors were bless'd In humble virtues and a rural life. There live retired : content thyself to be Obscurely good. When vice prevails,...bear sway The post of honour is a private station 1 * Farewell, my friends I If there be any of you Who dare not trust the victor's clemency, 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. 
