His nature is too noble for the world: He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for 's power to thunder. k. Coriolanus. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 255. This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Cæsar; He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. 1. Julius Cæsar. Act V. Sc. 5. L. 68. The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light. Gifford's trans. p. f. LONGFELLOW-Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. II. Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds. Be noble and the nobleness that lies TENNYSON-Lady Clara Vere de Vere. St. 7. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. TENNYSON-Lady Clara Vere de Vere. Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valor, liberty, and virtue Displays distinguished merit, is a noble Of Nature's own creating. THOMSON-Coriolanus. St. 7. Act III. Sc. 3. q. Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies. T. YOUNG-Love of Fame. Satire I. L. 145. NOVEMBER (See MONTHS). |