 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1808 - 220 páginas
...human nature may not convert into a curse. Thus, who would not subscribe to the poet's opinion, — " A day, an hour of virtuous Liberty, " Is worth a whole eternity of bondage," — if he had not seen, or read, that even THOU, O blessed LIBERTY, mightest be perverted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 páginas
...give myselfe the pleasure of setting down some imitations I observed in the Cato of Addison : Addison. A day, an hour of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Act 2, Sc 1. Tully. Qund si immortalitas consequeretur praesentis periculi fugam, tamen eo magisea... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 páginas
...give myselfe the pleasure of setting down some imitations I observed in the Cato of Addison : Addison. A day, an hour of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Act 2, Sc 1. Tully. Quod si immortalitas consequeretur praesentis periculi fugam. tamen eo magis ea... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 páginas
...it to the last. So shall we gain still one day's liberty ; and let me perish, but in Cato'sjudgment, a day, an hour of virtuous liberty, is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter MARCUS. Marc. Fathers, this moment as I watch'd the gates, lodgM on my post, a herald is arriv'd... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 páginas
...to the last. So shall we gain still one day's liberty ; and let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, a day, an hour of virtuous liberty, is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter MARCUS. Marc. Fathers, this moment as I vvatch'd the gates, Iodg'd on my post, a herald is arriv'd... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 páginas
...when the rights of the understanding are sufficiently secured. Thus, in that noble sentiment of Cato : A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity of bondage. To pronounce this passage with the greatest force, we ought to lay the emphasis with the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 páginas
...to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, j A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. ENTER MARCUS. MARCUS. Fathers, this moment, as I watch'd the gates Lodg'd on my post, a herald is arrived... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 542 páginas
...it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. ENTER MARCUS. MARCUS. Fathers, this moment, as I watch'd the gates Lodg'd on my post, a herald is arrived... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 354 páginas
...to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty : And let me perish, but in Cato's judgmentj A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Enter Marcus. MARCUS. Fathers, this moment, as I watch'd the gates» Lodg'd on my post, a herald is... | |
 | Mary Davies Wells - 1811 - 264 páginas
...on the third day to gain my liberty — •^•'5** Liberty, thrice good and gracious goddess ! " " A day, an hour of virtuous liberty, is worth a whole eternity of bondage ! " As soon as I was free I returned to the same lodgings to finish the week, as it had... | |
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. 
