 Twill never be too late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time ? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty: And let me perish,...  The British drama - Page 346by British drama - 1804Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 446 pages
...give myselfe the pleasure of setting down some imitations I observed in the Cato of Addison : Addison. A day, an hour of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Act 2. Su. 1. Tully. Quod si immortalitas consequeretur praesentis periculi fugam, tamen eo magis ea... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 496 pages
...never be too late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome fall a moment ere her lime? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full...shall we gain still one day's liberty : And let me perisb, but, in Cain's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in... | |
 | Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 pages
...brother , hand remember Thy life is not thy own , when Rome demands it. On Liberty. Act. 2. sc. i. A day , an hour of virtuous liberty , Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. On immortality. Act. 5. sc. i. Cato solus , sitting in a thoughtful posture : in his hand Plato's book... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Force us to yield. 'Twill never be too late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time? No : let us draw her term...one day's liberty : And let me perish, but in Cato's judgement, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Ii worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter Marcus,... | |
 | 1816 - 752 pages
...— 1 am thy fathei'a fpirit, v Doooi'd for a certain term to walk the night. Shut. Why IhouJd Home fall a moment ere her time ? No: let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and fpin it to the lad. .,;,.•'„':/. Lin law.] The time in which the tribunals ae )en to all that lift... | |
 | 1816 - 808 pages
...protract ; to draw out. — By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. L'Kftrange. No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the laft. Cata. 4 To form by d'-grces : to draw cut tedioufly. — Wiity men might spin out large volumes.... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 pages
...for chains and own a conqueror. Wby should Home fall a moment ere her time ? ]\ T o—let us draw our term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it...we gain still one day's liberty. And let me perish ; hut in Cato's judgment, A day', an hour of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity of bondage.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...Force us to yield. 'Twill never be too late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time ? No, let us draw her term...virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Tragedy of Cato. SPEECHES. 1. — Speech of Henry V. to his Stildiers at the Siege of Harfleur. ONCE... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1821 - 312 pages
...full length, and fpin it to the laft ; So fhall we gain ftill one day's liberty : And let me perifh ; but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. EXTRACT JROM AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1794, IN COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 448 pages
...myselfe the pleasure of setting down some imitations I observed in the Cato of Addison. Addison. " A day, an hour of virtuous liberty " Is worth a whole eternity in bondage." Act II. Sc. I. Tutty. Quod si immortalitas consequeretur prsesentis periculi fugam, tamen eo magis... | |
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