 | James Shirley, Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 556 pages
...forefathers fought ! — 'Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry To build their glories at their father's cost, But at their own expense of blood or virtue,...gentleman ? Thou art not worth my steel ; redeem this loss Some generous way of undertaking, or Thou shalt be given up to boys, and ballads, The scorn of... | |
 | Fashion - 456 pages
...Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums Purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be Our sUin, for we inherit nothing truly But what our actions make us worthy of. OLD PLAY. It was long past the usual hour of the family's morning repast before the officer presumed... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...birth Is not our own aet ; honour upon trust, Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums, Purehas'd by others' fame or sweat, will be Our stain, for we inherit nothing truly But what our aetions make us worthy of. Chapman and Shirley's Ball. It is, indeed, a blessing, when the virtues... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...birth Is not our own act ; honour upon trust, Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums, Purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be Our stain, for we...nothing truly But what our actions make us worthy of. Clutpman. ANCE S TRY— Regard for. An affectionate regard for the memory of our forefathers is natural... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...birth is not our own act ; honour upon trust our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sum, purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be our stain, for we...nothing truly but what our actions make us worthy of. G. CHAPMAN 481 THE END O die is landing on some silent shore, where billows never break nor tempests... | |
 | Julia Cecilia Stretton - 1868 - 326 pages
...eyes see it besides his ? They might — I gave them leave. CHAPTER III. BEHIND THE RED CURTAIN. " We inherit nothing truly But what our actions make us worthy of." j' HAVE obeyed my Lady Dunargent ! We -*• landed in England last night. Since I have given up my... | |
 | James Pierce Root - 1870 - 562 pages
...them living monuments ; our birth Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums. Purchased by others1 fame or sweat, will be Our stain, for we inherit nothing truly But what our actions make ui worthy of,— Chapman. JF the name borne by the family is in itself proper evidence of Norman ancestry,... | |
 | George Chapman - 1874 - 620 pages
...birth Is not our own act ; honour upon trust Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums Purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be Our stain, for we...this love Some generous way of undertaking, or Thou shall be given up to boys and j ballets, The scorn of footmen, a disgrace more black Than bastard.... | |
 | Bezaleel Thayer - 1874 - 722 pages
...birth Is not our own act ; honor upon trust, Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums Purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be Our stain, for we...nothing truly But what our actions make us worthy of. The origin of the Thayer name is, as all sirnames are, signified by the occupation followed by the... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 pages
...birth Is not our own act ; honour upon trust, Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums, Purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be Our stain, for we...nothing truly But what our actions make us worthy of./ CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SEVENTH. 1 — 7. (1, 2) when . . vow," Ut. a man when he shall signalise a vow... | |
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Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry To build their glories at their fathers' cost, But at their own expense of blood or virtue, To raise them living monuments ; our birth Is not our own act ; honour upon trust Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy... 
