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" As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : perseverance, dear my lord, 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... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 65
by William Shakespeare - 1804
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps arc good deeds past, which are devoured As fast аз at fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled on : then what...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 638 pages
...' The unknown .l/»<-\ Ajax, who has abilities, which were never brought into view or use. JOHNSON. In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For...sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or edge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : Keep, then, the path ; For Kmuhit ¡..¡i ary beauty. There the warlike and the peaceful, the...the miserable, the beloved and the despised princes entcr'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost. Or, like a gallant horse, fall'n in first rank,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...to hung ¿uitc out of fashion, like a rusty mail, In monumental mockery. Take the instant way, Por honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an cnter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost. Or, like a gallant horse, f.ill'n in first...
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The plain speaker: opinions on books, men, and things [by W ..., Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1851 - 394 pages
...reputation at the height, we are forgotten. Shakespeare gave different advice, and himself acted upon it . " Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To...leave you hindmost : — Or like a gallant horse, fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled. Then what they...
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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States ..., Volume 6

John Adams - United States - 1851 - 572 pages
...intuition, they generally follow the advice of the same author: — Take the instant way, For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes...by, And leave you hindmost ; Or like a gallant horse fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'errun and trampled on. The inference,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 670 pages
...hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first...
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Compitum, Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1851 - 494 pages
...way, For honour travels in a strait SO narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path ; — If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct, forthright,...enter'd tide, they all rush by And leave you hindmost." They had, therefore, one great difficulty less than others ; for we near, " Vse peccatori terram ingredienti...
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The Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 576 pages
...? Ulyss. Time hath, my lord a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes . Those scraps are good deeds...hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an entered .tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost ; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first...
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William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 562 pages
...Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a trusty l (o an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in...
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