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" Alcides, in His majesty of superhuman manhood, Would not suffice to bind where virtue is not ; It is consistency which forms and proves it : Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once... "
A Later Pepys: The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys, Bart., Master ... - Page 343
by Sir William Weller Pepys - 1904
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

1818 - 596 pages
...consistency, which forms and proves it: Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The < H ui'-l'i 1 1 ! c 1 1 woman must for ever fall ; For vice must have variety, while virtue Stands like the tun, ana all which rolls around, Drinks life, and light, and glory from lief aspect. i : - y nnirt...
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Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts ; with ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...consistency which forms and proves it : Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must for ever fall ; For vice must have variety,...Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect. ANGIOLINA. And seeing, feeling thus this truth in others, (I pray you pardon me ;) but wherefore yield...
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Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts. With ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...consistency which forms and proves it : Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must for ever fall ; For vice must have variety,...Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect. ANGIOLINA. And seeing, feeling thus this truth in others, (I pray you pardon me ;) but wherefore yield...
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Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: A Tragedy in Five Acts

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 192 pages
...forms and proves it: Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must forever fall; For vice must have variety, while virtue Stands...Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect. ANGIOLINA. And seeing, feeling thus this truth in others, (I pray you pardon me;) but wherefore yield...
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The North American Review, Volume 13

1821 - 526 pages
...forms and proves it: Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must forever fall ; For vice must have variety, while virtue Stands...Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect. Angiolina. — And seeing, feeling thus this truth in others. (I pray you pardon me ;) but wherefore...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 9

1821 - 618 pages
...proves it ; Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must for ever fall ; Her vice must have variety, while virtue Stands like the...Drinks life, and light, and glory, from her aspect. Ang. And seeing, feeling thus this truth in others, (I pray you pardon me,) but wherefore yield you...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 9

1821 - 818 pages
...proves it ; Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must for ever faU ; Her vice must have variety, while virtue Stands like the...Drinks life, and light, and glory, from her aspect. Anf. And seeing, feeling thus this truth in others, (I pray you pardon me,) but wherefore yield you...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: With ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...suffice to bind where virtue is not : It is consistency which forms and proves it : Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fallen woman must...Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect." This is so far from being poetry, that it has not even the vulgar merit of being grammatical prose...
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An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...suffice to bind where virtue is not: It is consistency which forms and proves it : Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fallen woman must...virtue Stands like the sun, and all which rolls around Drink$ Hie, and light, and glory from her aspect" This is so far from being poetry, that it has not...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...most. Byron's Doge of Venice, a. 2, 8. 1. Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change. The once fall'n woman must for ever fall ; For vice must have variety,...Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect. Ibid. Jidah. Alas ! thou sinnest now my Cain ; thy words Sound impious in mine ears. Cain. Then leave...
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