 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 trang
...down, 170 Their duty never was defeated, Nor t'rem their oaths and faith retreated ; For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 175 Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the Devil,... | |
 | 1806 - 312 trang
...horrouf o'er ' the woods." FRIENDSHIP. HUDIBRAS beautifully tells us, that a sin* cere friend is " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." And another observer of life very philosophically says, " A false friend is like the shadow... | |
 | 1807 - 570 trang
...applied with, more emphatic propriety than to any other in the history of these kingdoms : Loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shincd upon L We cannot refuse ourselves the pleasure of transcribing a passage, which exhibits in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 trang
...^receive, we should still have the consolation of being like Butler's -steady and generous Royalist, " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." We were well entertained and very happy at Dr. NowelPs, where was a very agreeable company ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 trang
...might receive, we should still have the consolation being like Butler's steady and generous Royalist, " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." We were well entertained and very happy at Dr. Nowell's, where was a very agreeable company;... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1811 - 428 trang
...allude to in •" Iludibras, would have answered every purpose : :- '- ' Tor ' For loyalty is still thef same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Altho' it be not shone upon *.' The subjugation under which she had been reared, tending rather to... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 trang
...down ; 17fr Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 175 Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil,... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1812 - 432 trang
...unrequited, the passage we allude to in Hudibras, would have answered every purpose : « For ' For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game; True as the dial to the sun, Altlio it be not shone upon •.' The subjugation under which she had been reared, tending rather to... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 trang
...law, Admired such wisdom in a mortal shape, And showed a Newton as we show an Ape." "For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the Game, True, as the ditil to the sun, Although it be not slimed upon." Sons of the Stagyrite, all such draw nigh, Clothed... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 trang
...run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated : For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these Brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil, Began once more to... | |
| |
For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. 
