 | British theatre - 1830 - 928 페이지
...innocence survive, Still in the paths of honour persevere, And not from past or present ills despair: For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. [Exeunt. lies, And plead« against thee; -who shall then prevail? trt I will take a cold and parting... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 페이지
...Thus Congreve concludes the tragedy of ' The Mourning Bride' with the following foolish couplet : ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though...pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only leii to enter. tain a more indignant hatred of vice than if he rose from his distress, but we are inevitably... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 페이지
...constant concomitants, or, as expressed by Congreve, in the conclusion of the Mourning Bride, — ' That blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.' " — DUNLOP.] Not so do I — Let solid walls impound The captive fair, and dig a moat around ; Let... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 페이지
...Thus Congrcve concludes the tragedy of' The Mourning Bride' with the following foolish couplet: — ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though...virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sink under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more indignant... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1836 - 386 페이지
...especially an enterprising one, soon forgets and despises such trifles. CHAPTER XI. Showing that " Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds." I CANNOT help thinking that I am a great fool for heading chapter the eleventh with this motto ; it... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1836 - 388 페이지
...especially an enterprising one, soon forgets and despises such triflet. CHAPTER XL Showing that " Blessing! ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds." I CANNOT help thinking that I am a great fool for heading chapter the eleventh with this motto ; it... | |
 | 1813 - 1406 페이지
...support ; that she ennobles the slave, and exalts nobility itself. To suppliant virtue nothing is deny'd, For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds ; And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. SINGULAR APOLOGY OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO HIS NEPHEW. While Frederic the Great, King of Prussia, was... | |
 | William Wycherley, Leigh Hunt - 1840 - 782 페이지
...innocence survive, Still in the paths of honour persevere, And not from past or present ills despair : For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds ¡ And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. [Exeunt omnti. EPILOGUE SPOKEN BY MBS. BRACEG1RDLE. Ч tragedy tiras done, I am, you know, 0 more a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1841 - 538 페이지
...MODERN FAULTS.' " Tho4gli plungM in ill* and exercis'd in care, Yet never lut the noble mind despair ; For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late a sure reward succeeds. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY J. CLEMENTS, LITTLE PULTENF.Y STREET, FOR THE PROPRIETORS OP THE ROMANCIST AND... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1842 - 462 페이지
...constant concomitants, or, as expressed by Congreve in the conclusion of the Mourning Bride, — That blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. In the writings of Godwin, some of the strongest of our feelings are most forcibly awakened, and there... | |
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When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sinks under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more indignant hatred of vice, than if he... 
