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My Record in Rebeldom, as Written by Friend and Foe: Comprising the Official ... - Page 17
by James M. Sanderson - 1865 - 160 pages
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The cynosure, select passages from the most distinguished writers [ed. by ...

Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...labouring for infamy. DODLEY. THE honours of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent us, which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands. SHIRLEY. FELL star of fate ! thou never canst employ A torment teeming with severer smart, Than that...
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Foliorum silvula, selections for translation into Latin and Greek ..., Volume 2

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...favourites. G. CHAPMAN 227 A GOOD NAME THE honours of a name 'tis just to guard; they are a trust but lent us, which we take, and should, in reverence to the donor's fame, with care transmit them down to others' hands. J. SHIRLEY 228 PITY— WHEN FORFEITED WHEN fortune or the gods afflict mankind, compassion...
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The New England Medical Gazette, Volume 4

1869 - 498 pages
...honors of a name 'tis just to gaa.rd ; They are a trust but lent us, which we take, And should, lu reverence to the donor's fame, With care transmit them down to other hands." When the subscription has been completed, a pamphlet will be prepared and furnished to each contributor,...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...smell as sweet. Sh. Rom. n. 2. The honours of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent us, which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands. Shirley. What's in the name of lord, that I should fear To bring my grievance to the public ear P Churchill....
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A Memorial Volume of the Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia

Samuel Boykin - 1870 - 288 pages
...meets mine eye but deeds of honor. The honors of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent us, which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands. Lives of all great men remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...successors their way. SHAKSPEARE. The honours of a name 'tis just to guard; They are a trust but lent us, which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands. SHIRLEY. How vain are all hereditary honours, Those poor possessions from another's deeds, Unless our...
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The poetical works of ... Goronwy Owen, with his life and ..., Volume 1

Goronwy Owen - 1876 - 332 pages
...is grown." Shirley says : — " The honours of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent us; which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands." Feltham, in his ' Resolves', says : — " Nothing awakes our sleeping virtues like the noble acts of...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu O Fon ..., Volume 1

Goronwy Owen - 1876 - 350 pages
...is grown." Shirley says : — " The honours of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent us; which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands." Feltham, in his ' Resolves', says: — "Nothing awakes our sleeping virtues like the noble acts of...
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A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...care and whisper, — Htbbington. The honours of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent Son Shirle}1. Let high birth triumph ! what can be more great ? Nothing— but merit in a low estate. To...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...successors their way. SHAKSPEARE. The honours of a name 'tis just to guard ; They are a trust but lent us, which we take, And should, in reverence to the...fame, With care transmit them down to other hands. SHIRLEY. How vain are all hereditary honours, Those poor possessions from another's deeds, Unless our...
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