 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1817 - 710 pàgines
...lordships, although he did not despair, and although he held in contempt the doctrine of the poet that " When vice prevails and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station ;" (he by no means meant to apply this quotation to his majesty's ministers), he certainly feared that... | |
 | George Holden - 1819 - 538 pàgines
...themselves from the effects of wickedness armed with power. This exposition is proved by verse 28. " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." Cato, quoted by Parkhurst. I will not attempt to enumerate the different senses attributed to von by... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1813 - 716 pàgines
...vengeance only upon the virtuous. To yourselves therefore I consign you. Enjoy your own pandemonium — " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, " The post of honour is a private station." Mr. Charles Turner then informed the House, that notwithstanding the resolutions they had come to,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pàgines
...indeed, dazzle only the vulgar. A stroke of nature is, in my opinion, worth a hundred such thoughts, as " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." Cato is a fine dialogue on liberty, and the love of one's country ; but considered as a dramatic performance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pàgines
...indeed, dazzle only the vulgar. A stroke of nature is, in my opinion, worth a hundred such thoughts, as " When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station." Cato is a fine dialogue on liberty, and the love of one's country ; but considered as a dramatic performance,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 458 pàgines
...And all our frugal ancestors were bless'd In humble virtues, and a rural life ; There live retired ; Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails,...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. For. 1 hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius, that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 pàgines
...bless'd In humble virtues, and a rural life ; There live retir'd, pray for the peace of Rome ; L'onlent thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails,...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Por. I hope my father does not recommend A life to Portius, that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pàgines
...harmless hours, Gay as the birds that revel in the grove, And sing the morning up. Tote's Loyal General. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Addison's Cato. This pure air Braces the listless nerves, and warms the blood : I feel in freedom here.... | |
 | 1826 - 502 pàgines
...And all our frugal ancestors were blesa'd Ji.humblc Til lues, and a rural life : There live retir'd: Content thyself to be obscurely good : When vice prevails,...bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Par. I hope, my father does not recommend •A life to Porcius, that he scorns himself. Cato. Farewell,... | |
 | Westminster St. James - 1827 - 180 pàgines
...at. Note 2, page 24, line 4, Spite of what all may say, " the post " Of honor is a private station," When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Cato, Act . IV. Scene II. Note 3, page 26, line 2. A certain longing for the fish. It is a fact, that... | |
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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. 
