As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : to have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow,... The Works of William Shakspeare - Seite 454von William Shakespeare - 1852Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 522 Seiten
...out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour (ravels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost.-- Or, like a gallant horse fall'n in first... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 Seiten
...reputation at the height, we are forgotten. Shakspeare gave different advice, and himself acted upon it. " Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To...leave you hindmost : — . Or like a gallant horse, fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled. Then what they... | |
| 1823 - 592 Seiten
...reputation at the height, we are forgotten. Shakspeare gave different advice, and himself acted upon it. " Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To...hedge aside from the direct forth-right, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost : — Or like a gallant horse, fall'n in first... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 Seiten
...good deeds past: which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Persdverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright: To have done, is...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost;— Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 444 Seiten
...Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a trusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ,...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ;— Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 Seiten
...Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a nifty mail, In monumental mockery. Take the instant way;...hedge aside from the direct forth-right, Like to an enterM tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost : — Or like a gallant horse, fall'n in first... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 Seiten
...hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail i The unknown Ajax,] Ajax, who has abilities, which were In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 Seiten
...believe it : for they pass'd by me, As misers do by beggars : neither gave to me Good word, nor look : What, are my deeds forgot? Ulyss. Time hath, my lord,...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 Seiten
...LUSTRE. Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost:— Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 Seiten
...Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a trusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ;...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enterM tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
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