 | William Dunlap - 1836 - 256 trang
...board ; recent circumstances were sufficient as his excuse. CHAPTER XXVI. The death of GF Cooke. " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." "Who by repentance is not satisfied If not of Heaven nor earth•.' " So happy be the issue * * * The... | |
 | 1836 - 526 trang
...scarce ever unanimously agreed in any other particular." The maxim is assuredly no longer true, that " Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water :" the office of modern biography is more frequently to engrave the tablets of its heroes with such... | |
 | 1836 - 362 trang
...be retrieved. A friend cannot be known in prosperity ; and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water. Enjoy pleasure; but enjoy it with moderation. Sport not with pain and distress ; nor use the meanest... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1837 - 512 trang
...hospitable board; recent circumstances were sufficient as his excuse. CHAPTER XXVI. The death of GF Cooke. " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." "Who by repentance is not satisfied Is not of Heaven nor earth.' The venom of such looks, we fairly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 trang
...performance, as he 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 is above any other... | |
 | William John Thoms - 1838 - 506 trang
...Duke of York. The present age, which justifies to the fullest the words of "faithful Griffith,"— " Noble Madam, Men's evil manners live in brass — their virtues We write in water," — is much more ready to remember the failings of his Royal Highness, than the unwearied zeal with... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 trang
...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 - 484 trang
...— ii. 2. 432 Woe doth the heavier sit, Where it perceives 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 - 1839 - 592 trang
...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...please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kmli. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 592 trang
...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...please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? I were malicious else. Kath. Yes, good Griffith; Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock,... | |
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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. 
