 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...good deeds past : which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear, my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done,...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...good deeds past, Which are devour'd as fast as they are made, Forgot as soon as done: Persev'rance, dear my lord, Keeps Honour bright: to have done, is...sons, That one by one pursue; if you give way, .Or hedge aside from the direct forth-right, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...good deeds past, Which are devour'd as fast ai they are made, Forgot as soon as done : Persev'rance, dear my lord, Keeps Honour bright : to have done,...sons, That one by one pursue ; if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forth right, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pages
...fast as they are made,, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord. Keeps honour bright i To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like...sons, -That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...good deeds past, Which are devour'd as fast as they are made, Forgot as soon as done : Peraev'rance, dear my lord, Keeps Honour bright : to have done,...keep then the path, For Emulation hath a thousand sous, That one by one pursue; if you give way, ,Or hedge aside from the direct forth right, Like to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to han» Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...goods deeds past : which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done: Pers6vcrance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done,...rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant wayi For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the pathi For... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...good deeds past ; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done,...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost.--... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 522 pages
...out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour (ravels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost.--... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...good deeds past: which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Persdverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright: To have done, is...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost;—... | |
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Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path... 
