BRAVERY-COURAGE-FORTITUDE. 1. In war, was never lion's rage so fierce; 2. In struggling with misfortune lies the proof SHAKSPEARE. Of virtue. 3. Pr'ythee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; 4. His valour, shown upon our crests to-day, SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds, SHAKSPEARE. 5. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. SHAKSPEARE. 6. What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the ungovernable will, MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 7. Let fortune empty all her quiver on me, 8. For, as we see the eclipsed sun Is more admir'd and wonder'd at. DRYDEN. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 98 BRAVERY-COURAGE - FORTITUDE. 9. He that is valiant, and dares fight, BUTLER'S Hudibras. 10. "T is not now who's stout and bold? 11. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest With all their country's honour blest! 12. To a mind resolv'd and wise, There is an impotence in misery, BUTLER'S Hudibras. COLLINS. Which makes me smile, while all its shafts are in me. YOUNG'S Revenge. 13. True fortitude is seen in great exploits ADDISON'S Cato. 14. The wise and active conquer difficulties, 15. The brave man is not he who feels no fear; And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. RowE. JOANNA BAILLIE. GOLDSMITH. 16. Unaw'd by power, and unappall'd by fear. 17. Let angry ocean to the sky In proud disdain his billows roll; Совв. 18. What heart in either grim array Throbs to the charge with wilder beat? MRS. HOLFORD. 19. Fate made me what I am-may make me nothing,— But either that or nothing must I be; I will not live degraded. BYRON'S Sardanapalus. 20. His breast with wounds unnumber'd riven, His back to earth, his face to heaven. BYRON'S Giaour. 21. As bold as Daniel in the lions' den. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. -The truly brave, When they behold the brave oppress'd with odds, 23. pang BYRON'S Don Juan. It must have been BYRON'S Two Foscari. 24. And the repress'd convulsion of the high 25. BYRON'S Two Foscari. -And the poor wretch mov'd me BYRON'S Two Foscari. 26. His blade is bared; in him there is an air BYRON'S Lara. 100 BREVITY-BRIBERY. 27. Commanding, aiding, animating all, Where foe appear'd to press, or friend to fall, 28. And tho' I hope not hence unscath❜d to go, Who conquers me, shall find a stubborn foe. BYRON'S Lara. BYRON'S English Bards, &c. 29. There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave; 30. But each strikes singly, silently, and home, BYRON. BYRON'S Corsair. 31. They fought like brave men, long and well. FITZGREEN HALLECK. 32. Yet, it may be, more lofty courage dwells In one weak heart which braves an adverse fate, Warm'd by the fight, or cheer'd through high debate. BRUTE. (See ANIMAL.) BUILDING. (See ARCHITECTURE.) CALUMNY-DETRACTION -ENVY-SLANDER, &c. 1. No wound which warlike hand of enemy For by no art, nor any leeches' might It ever can recured be again. SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. Who steals my purse, steals trash; 't is something, nothing; "T was mine, 't is his, and has been slave to thousands: But he, who filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. SHAKSPEARE. 3. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, Thou shalt not escape calumny. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. 4. That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect; 5. Who stabs my name, would stab my person too, 6. For envy doth invade Works breathing to eternity, and cast Upon the fairest piece the greatest shade. CROWN. ALEYN. |