 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, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one...  State Normal Monthly - Page 55by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia - 1898Full view - About this book
 | 1830 - 990 pages
...forgot ? Is she quite merged in Mrs Becher ? Well, well 1 I ought to have known, at my years, that— " To have done Is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery." I took up the Times and the Morning Herald from the club table, in the club-room of the country town... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...as fast as they are made, Forgot as soon as done: Persev'rance, 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, . Where one but goes abreast; keep... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...as fast ai they are made, Forgot as soon as done : Persev'rance, 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, Where one but goes abreast ; keep... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done: Pers6vcrance, 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 wayi For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 476 pages
...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, Where one but goes abreast : keep... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...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, Where one but goes abreast : keep... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 522 pages
...they are made, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To liave done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour (ravels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...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 la monumental mockery. Take the iustant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...first to hail the rising sun. Their minds want sincerity, modesty, and keeping. With them — — — ^ To have done is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rutty mail In monumental mockery. They still, " with one consent, praise new-born gauds," and Fame,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Persdverance, 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, Where one but goes abreast: keep then... | |
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