 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
 | Joseph Addison - 1823 - 228 pages
...liberty. And let me parifh! biit, m Cato's judgi.: . !-.«'• •••; I-.' meat -.*i! . • ::•;;£ 'A day, an hour, o'f virtuous liberty 'Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. * . . ,i ;E'nter Marcus.^ TA Marc. Fathers , this moment , as 'I i«. i 'mni ej'iwu ?Tvatch'd'th§... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 458 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* c Enter JUNIUS. Junins, Fathers, even now a herald is arrived From Ciesar's camp, and with him comes... | |
 | 1824 - 348 pages
...for chains and own a conqueror. . Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time r No — let us draw our term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it...liberty. And let me perish; but in Cato's judgment, A da}r, an hour of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity of bondage. CATO, solus, sitting in a... | |
 | 1824 - 660 pages
...chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time? No ; let us draw her terra of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to...still one day's liberty : And let me perish, but, iu Cato's judgment, Л day, an hour, of virtuous libertv Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 pages
...us to yield. 'Twill never be too late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome tall a moment ere her time? No, let us draw her term of...freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, 80 shall we gain still one day's liberty : And let me perish, but, in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...were ev'n Paradise my prison, Still I should long to leap the chrystal walls. Dryden's Don Sebastian. A day, an hour of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Addison's Cato. What is life ? 'Tis not to stalk about, and draw fresh air From time to time, or gaze... | |
 | 1826 - 502 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...liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter JUNIUS, H. Jun. Fathers, even now a herald is arriv'd From Cesar's camp ; and with him comes old Decius,... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 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...still one day's liberty : And let me perish, but, in Cate's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter JUNIUS,... | |
 | British theatre - 1828 - 924 pages
...Force us to yield. ' Twill never he loo late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time? No, let us draw her term...the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty: Ant let me perish, but, in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eUrnity... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 912 pages
...' Twill never he loo late To sue for chains, and own a conqueror. her should Rome fall a moment ere ders lace for a cap. Mel. Ay, Flanders lace is a constant...present from officers to their women. They every year : Anl let me perish, but, in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole... | |
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