 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 페이지
...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 - 332 페이지
...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 prevails,...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 - 882 페이지
...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 - 448 페이지
...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... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 페이지
...thou shalt see that Marcus is not slow To follow glory, and confess his father. Addison, Cato. Content thyself to be obscurely good : When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of nonour is a private station. Addison, Cato, iv. 2. Give me, kind heaven, a private station, A mind... | |
 | Samuel Jones Gee - 1915 - 428 페이지
...all certain that he would not have agreed with the lines which Addison puts into the mouth of Cato : When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. As to f emininism his first thought, when confronted with the idea, was to follow the advice of Gamaliel.... | |
 | John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 860 페이지
...Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious шеп bear sway, The post of honor ' are my fate. It was not I Said, I was wrong'd: I...dares in all this presence speak, (that is But ma trust the victor's clemency, Know, there are ships prepared by my command, (Their sails already opening... | |
 | John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 860 페이지
...blessed In humble virtues, and a rural life. There live retired, pray for the peace of Rome: Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. For. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius that he scorns... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1917 - 690 페이지
...whole eternity in bondage." " What a pity is it That we can die but once to save our country ! " " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." As every school boy knows, Cato was one of the Romans who perished in resisting the ambition of Julius... | |
 | Frederick Maynard Bridge - 1922 - 420 페이지
...scene at Drury Lane when the Prince was present at a performance of Addison's Cato. The lines — " When vice prevails and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station," were greeted with a tremendous outburst of applause, in which the Prince joined heartily and bowed... | |
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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. 
