 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
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1841 - 170 pages
...connected with the failure of another, or as Shakspeare expresses it ; " Honor travels in a streight so narrow, Where one but goes abreast ; — keep then...pursue. 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 horse,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 608 pages
...Ulyss. Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion ; A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds...sons, That one by one pursue : if you give way, Or edge aside9 from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 494 pages
...Ulyss. Time hath , my lord , a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion ; A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds...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 - 1843 - 582 pages
...oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devoured As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done....hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devoured As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done....hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...Oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devoured thou art gone, and never must return ! Thee, shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled on : then what... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pages
...rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For Honour travels in a strait so narrow, That one but goes abreast ; keep then the path, For Emulation...hedge aside from the direct forth-right, Like to an entered tide they all rush by, And leave you hindmost;—— Or, like a gallant horse fal1'n in first... | |
 | 1866 - 956 pages
...is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail, In monumental mockery . . . For emulation hath n thousand sons, That one by one pursue ; if you give...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by And leave you hindmost." To complete the image of exuberant life, we... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 pages
...at the height, we are forgotten. Shakespear gave different advice, and himself acted upon it. — " Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To...leave you hindmost : — Or like a gallant horse, fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled. Then what they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 418 pages
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