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" 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 65
by William Shakespeare - 1804
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one hut goes abreast : keep then the path ; For emulation...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an euter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1859 - 494 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...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 fall'n in first rank,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one lint goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath...Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to nn entcr'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 836 pages
...Oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past ; Which are devoiir'd Routledge & Co. forthright,11 Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — \ Or, like a...
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After many days, Volume 600

Seneca Smith - 1860 - 392 pages
...done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail In monumental mockery. Take the instant away ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one...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 rank,...
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Choice thoughts from Shakspere, by the author of 'The book of familiar ...

William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...stepdame to her son ; Yea, let them say, to stick the heart of falsehood, As false as Cressid. Honour. Honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but...enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost. ACT IV. Character of Troilus. The youngest son of Priam, a true knight ; Not yet mature, yet matchless...
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A First Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts, in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 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...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1862 - 576 pages
...forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to bans? Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental...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...
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Supplement to the Courant, Volumes 25-35

1862 - 580 pages
..."Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a trusty mail, In monumental mockery. Take the Instant way...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...
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The orator's guide, or The practice and power of eloquence, Volume 150

John Antrobus (essayist.) - 1862 - 150 pages
...done, is to hang Quite out of Fashion, as a rusty mail, In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; I For Honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide they all rush by, Aud leave you hindmost. ***** For Time is like a fashionable Host, That...
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