 Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions of the mind! with how much ease, In such resolves, doth passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was raised to law! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets...  Fanny Lee's testimony - Pagina 132de Beulah Kezia Hanson - 1845Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pagini
...to each grosser sense, Reason had only, in full pow'r array'd, To manifest her will, and be obey'd, Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was rais'd to law ! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets of pow'r... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pagini
...array-M, To manifest her will, and be obey'd, Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The mutions of the mind ! With how much ease In such resolves...doth passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what wai rais'd to law ! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets of... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 268 pagini
...to each grosser sense, Reason had only, in full power array'd, To manifest her will and be obey'd, Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...flaw, And bring to nothing what was raised to law! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets of power unknown, Pleased,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pagini
...man, who cannot mind his own business, is not to be trusted with the king's.—Saville's State Maxim. Men make resolves, and pass into decrees, The motions...passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing, what was rais'd to law. Dccxxxyin. DCCXXXIX. Churchill. Good breeding is as necessary a quality in conversation,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pagini
...mind his own business, is not to be trusted with the king's. — Saville's State Maxim. DCCXXXVIII. Men make resolves, and pass into decrees, The motions...passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing, what was rais'd to law. Churchill. DCCXXXIX. Good breeding is as necessary a quality in conversation, to accomplish... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 392 pagini
...each grosser sense so Reason had only, in full power array 'd, To manifest her will, and be obey'd, Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...ease, In such resolves, doth passion make a flaw, M And bring to nothing what was raised to law ! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pagini
...ecliptic line — he shall obey Your beck, and wander from his sphere, ere I From my resolves. BARON. 8. Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was rais'd to law ! CHURCHILL. DETRACTION. — (See CALUMNY.) DINNER. — (See APPETITE.) DISAPPOINTMENT.... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pagini
...ecliptic line — he shall obey Your beck, and wander from his sphere, ere I From my resolves. BARON. 8. Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was rais'd to law ! CHURCHILL. DETRACTION.— (See CALUMNT.) DINNER. — (See APPETITE.) DISAPPOINTMENT.... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pagini
...like a flame extinguish'd For want of matter — it does not die, but Rather ceases to live. Chapman. Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was rais'd to law! Churchill. To a mind resolv'd and wise, There is an impotence in misery, Which makes... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 364 pagini
...each grosser sense » Reason had only, in full power array'd, To manifest her will, and be obey'd, Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions...flaw, % And bring to nothing what was raised to law ! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets of power unknown, Pleased,... | |
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