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" 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 346
by British drama - 1804
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...spin it to the last. So, * hall we gain still one day's liberty ; And let me perish ; but, in Calais judgment, A day, an HOUR, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity— in bondage. — Addi&jr.. 66». Gop ix NATURE. — There is religion in every thing around us — a calm and holy...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...never be too late To sue for chains, find own a conqueror. Why should Rome falla moment, ere her tirrcl No, let us draw her term of freedom out. In its full length, and ¡mi it to Urn last. So, shall we gain still one day's liberty ; And let me p< rish : but, in Cato1«...
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 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...worth a whole eternity in bondage. [Enter Marcus.] Marcus. Fathers, this moment, as I watched the gate, Lodged on my post, a herald is arrived From Caesar's...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 2; Volume 200

1955 - 610 pages
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Notes and Queries, Volume 68

1883 - 676 pages
...hour of glorious life IB worth mi age without n name." Sir Walter Scott, Old Mortality, ch. xxxiv. "A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage." Addison's Calo. " The life of a man of virtue and talent, who should die in his thirtieth year, in,...
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Notes and Queries

1883 - 674 pages
...hour of glorious life Is worth nn age without a name." Sir Walter Scott, Old Mortality, cb. zzzir. "A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage." Addison's Cato. " The life of a man of Tirtue and talent, who should die in his thirtieth year, is,...
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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments ...

Daniel Webster - 1851 - 566 pages
...North ; let us shake hands and cry out, " Down with the bill ! " and then unitedly raise the shout, " A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage ! " Such is the consistency of the opposition to this measure. Now, Sir, I ascribe nothing but the...
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The Handbook of Oratory: A Cyclopedia of Authorities on Oratory as an Art ...

William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 614 pages
...When liberty is gone, Life grows insipid and has lost its relish. — Addison : • Cato,* Act II. A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. — Addison : • Cato,* Act II. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air,...
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Composition and Rhetoric for Higher Schools

Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - 1901 - 490 pages
...TENSYSON. : 102. He who thinks his place below him will certainly be below his place. — SAVILLE. 103. A day — an hour — of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage. 104. It will bring his gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 105. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

1903 - 1186 pages
...Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unaveng'd amongst us ! ibid. A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. ibid. The woman that deliberates is lost. Act ic. Sc. i. Curse all his virtues ! they 've undone his...
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