 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow my own teaching. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together ; our virtues would be proud, if oar... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...a blessed martyr. 267. HONOURS. Coronets are stars ; And sometimes falling ones. 268. REMEMBRANCE, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water, 269. COMFORT. Comfort, that comes too late, Is like a pardon after execution. 270. CONCEALMENT. _.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 490 pages
...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pages
...teach tiventy what were good to be done, than to be one of the twenty to follow my own teaching. 15. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. 16. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud, if... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Rath- Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...now is, nothing. Of his own body he was ill., and gave The clergy ill example. Griff. Noble Madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. ---------- -...-..... This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much... | |
 | James Holroyd Fielding - 1817 - 536 pages
...they would have done, he obliterated from his memoiy all they had done. He reversed the maxim of " Men's evil manners live in brass — their virtues we write in water," for he dwelt with pleasure upon their good actions, and put an impenetrable veil over their faults.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highne^ To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious... | |
 | 1821 - 456 pages
...prompt you. I have finished my epistle, and — may it please your Majesty. (Signed) PEREGRINE. ©n " Men's evil manners live in brass : their virtues We write in water — " SHAKSPEARE. OF all those errors, to which, from the frailty and weakness of our natures, we are... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...prompt you. I have finished my epistle, and — may it please your Majesty. (Signed) PEREGRINE. On " Men's evil manners live in brass : their virtues We write in water—" SHAKSPEARE. OF all those errors, to' which, ftom the frailty and weakness of our natures, we are perpetually... | |
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Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. 
