| William Dunlap - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 512
...hospitable board; recent circumstances were sufficient as his excuse. CHAPTER XXVI. The death of GF Cooke. " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." "Who by repentance is not satisfied Is not of Heaven nor earth.' The venom of such looks, we fairly... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...— ii. 2. 432 Woe doth the heavier sit, Where it perceives it is but faintly borne. 17— i. 3. 433 Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. 25 — iv. 2. 434 When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grt/. ^ Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. May it please your hHincss To hear me speak lus good noiv ? Kath, Yes, good Griffith; (1) This scene... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 346
...motive. The honest man does that from duty, which the man of honor does for the sake of character. 35. Men's evil manners live in brass; — their virtues we write in water. 30. Fine sense, and exalted sense, are not half so valuable as common sense. There are forty men of... | |
| William John Thoms - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 506
...The present age, which justifies to the fullest the words of "faithful Griffith,"— " Noble Madam, Men's evil manners live in brass — their virtues We write in water," — is much more ready to remember the failings of his Royal Highness, than the unwearied zeal with... | |
| John Wodderspoon - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...particular reference to the Cardinal, through the mouth of the faithful Griffith, in Henry VIII., says— " Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." It would appear from this passage the poet was sensible that the spirit of detraction had been more... | |
| William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 490
...nothing. In perso'nal conduct he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. [Griffith.] Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good, now ? [Catherine.] Yes, good Griffith; I were... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 480
...— ii. 2. 432 Woe doth the heavier sit, Where it perceive s it is but faintly borne. 17— i. 3. 433 Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. 25 — iv. 2. 434 When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will.... | |
| Henry Neele - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...strings silent lie ; Sleep, sleep again, my Lyre ! and let thy master die I " Unhappily, however, — "Men's evil manners live in brass, Their virtues we write in water ;" — The " Davideis" is now seldom quoted; and when it is noticed, it is not for the purpose of recalling... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 320
...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious... | |
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