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...local stake which his possessions confer, and always ought to secure. The poet of nature has said : " Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water." This may be applied with great truth to Lord Huntingtower — it is the fashion to abuse him for his...

...Bradley died in 1732. Some writers have dwelt much upon his dissipation ; let us remember, however, that Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water . Mr. Weston, in a communication inserted in the Gentleman's Magazine for November, 1806, says, "Although...

...performance, as 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...highness •To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Ye», good Griffith; (1) This scene is above any other part of Shakspeare's tragedies, and perhaps...

...and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtue» We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now 7 К nth. Yes, good Griffith ; (1) This »cene is above any other part of Shakspeare's tragedies, and...

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...easier teach twenty what is good to be done, than to 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 our...

...performance, as he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill,1 and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their...highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly, Was...

...7 This passage has been absurdly pointed in all the modtrn «aUione :— We write in water. May ÍI Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humMi* stock, undoubtedly, VVas...