 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 Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 65by William Shakespeare - 1804Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...monumental mockery. Tuke the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but joes abreast : keep then the path ; For emulation hath...all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a ¿allant horse fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled... | |
 | 1846 - 728 pages
...In monumental mockery. Take the instant way, For Honour travels in a strait so narrow, When one bat goes abreast; keep then the path, For Emulation hath...sons, That one by one pursue; if you give way, Or, edge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost."—... | |
 | 1835 - 574 pages
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 | William Dunlap - 1836 - 232 pages
...most quiet watchman." " • perseverance, my lord, Keeps honour bright. * * Keep then the path : * * * If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright,...to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindermost ; Or like a gallant horse, fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear,... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1837 - 440 pages
...and mon quiet watchman." -perseverance, my lord, Keeps honour bright. * * Keep then the path : * * * If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright,...to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindermost ; Or like a gallant horse, fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear,... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 pages
...ROWDEN. Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, But cheerly seek how to redress their harm. SHAKSPEARE. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...3 258 The present opportunity to be taken. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a straight so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then...give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, * Careless gayety is the forerunner of calamity ; vigilance, of success and permanent welfare. Like... | |
 | E. Phipps - 1839 - 612 pages
...in the most confined sense, while he most fully acts up to them, the noble lines of the poet — -- Honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but...sons That one by one pursue ; if you give way, Or turn aside from the direct, forth right, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you liindermost."... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1857 - 716 pages
...15th August, 1857; EDWARD CHITTT. THE ST. LEGEB RACE : A BRIEF HISTORY. BT RETELLER. (Concluded.) " For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide they all rush by, And leave you hindmost.'' SHAKSPEAHE. — TroUat and Craiida. THE FLTINO... | |
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