 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...motive. The honest man does that from duty, which the man of honor does for the sake of character. 35. Men's evil manners live in brass; — their virtues we write in water. 30. Fine sense, and exalted sense, are not half so valuable as common sense. There are forty men of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grt/. ^ Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. May it please your hHincss To hear me speak lus good noiv ? Kath, Yes, good Griffith; (1) This scene... | |
 | John Wodderspoon - 1839 - 334 pages
...particular reference to the Cardinal, through the mouth of the faithful Griffith, in Henry VIII., says— " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." It would appear from this passage the poet was sensible that the spirit of detraction had been more... | |
 | Henry Neele - 1839 - 264 pages
...strings silent lie ; Sleep, sleep again, my Lyre ! and let thy master die I " Unhappily, however, — "Men's evil manners live in brass, Their virtues we write in water ;" — The " Davideis" is now seldom quoted; and when it is noticed, it is not for the purpose of recalling... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1839 - 490 pages
...nothing. In perso'nal conduct he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. [Griffith.] 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 ? [Catherine.] Yes, good Griffith; I were... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...— ii. 2. 432 Woe doth the heavier sit, Where it perceive s it is but faintly borne. 17— i. 3. 433 Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. 25 — iv. 2. 434 When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not, &c., &c. As you like it. Act ii. Scene 7. Griffith. Men's evil manners live in brass: their virtues We write in water. King Henry VIII. Act iv. Scene 2. Antony. The evil that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 320 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... | |
 | Saint Thomas More - 1841 - 372 pages
...desirous, was to frame the city to his appetite. * Shakspeare has imitated this striking sentiment : — " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." Of spiritual men he took such as had wit, and were in authority among the people for opinion of their... | |
 | 1896 - 324 pages
...an' a' that, A man *sa man for a' that," and, as the faithful GRIFFITH observed to Queen KATHERINE, " Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water." So sometimes, when due north, we put a little whiskey in it. But Lord ROSEBERY has found the real happy... | |
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Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. 
