 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 - Page 454by William Shakespeare - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Joshua Bates - 1846 - 644 pages
...always and necessarily connected with the failure of another ; or as Shakspeare expresses it : Honor travels in a strait so narrow ; Where one but goes...: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forth right, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; Or like a gallant... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps arc good deeds past, which are devoured As fast аз at enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost. • — • Or, like a gallant horse, fall'n... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 638 pages
...' The unknown .l/»<-\ Ajax, who has abilities, which were never brought into view or use. JOHNSON. In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or edge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental muckery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...to hung ¿uitc out of fashion, like a rusty mail, In monumental mockery. Take the instant way, Por honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an cnter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost. Or, like a gallant horse, f.ill'n in first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 578 pages
...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 Hazlitt - 1851 - 394 pages
...reputation at the height, we are forgotten. Shakespeare 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... | |
 | John Adams - 1851 - 572 pages
...intuition, they generally follow the advice of the same author: — Take the instant way, For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes...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 rank,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way, For honour travels in a strait as narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the...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... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...himself. EXPECT NOT GRATITUDE FOR PAST FAVOURS: ULYSSES EXHORTS ACHILLES TO QUIT HIS RETIREMENT. TtME hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts...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... | |
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