 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 Hazlitt - 1826 - 482 pages
...reputation at the height, we are forgotten. Shakespear gave different advice, and himself acted upon it. " Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To...And 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 - 1826 - 492 pages
...reputation at the height, we are forgotten. Shakespear 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 entcr'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost: — Or like a gallant horse, fall'n in first... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 486 pages
...In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one hut goes abreast. Keep then the path; For emulation hath...And leave you hindmost: — Or like a gallant horse, foll'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled. Then what they... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 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...one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the'direct forthright, Like to an eiiter'd tide., they all rush by, And leave you hindmost: — Or,... | |
 | 1828 - 384 pages
...hang Quite out of fashion', like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes...forthright, Like to an enter'd tide they all rush by, And lead you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 384 pages
...narrow, Where one hut goes ahreast : keep then the path ; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one hy one pursue; If you give way, Or hedge aside from the...forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush hy, And leave you hindmost: — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 pages
...engaged in the same cause with Patroclus, thus expostulates with the champion of the Grecian forces: For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one...pursue. If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forth right, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost: there- you lie, Like... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 522 pages
...engaged in the same cause with Patroclus, thus expostulates with the champion of the Grecian forces: For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one...pursue. If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forth right, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost: there you lie, Like... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, \Vherc one but goci abreast : keep then the path ; For emulation hath...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or he.dse aside from Ihe direct forthright, I,ike to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you... | |
 | 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... | |
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