...strings silent lie , Sleep, sleep again, my Lyre! and let thy master die !" 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...

...local stake which his possessions confer, and always ought to secure. The poet of nature has said : " Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water." This may be applied with great truth to Lord Huntingtower — it is the fashion to abuse him for his...

...to lay down fixed precepts for the regulation of the mind, so long as it is dependent upon the body. Of all those errors to which, from the frailty and weakness of our nature, we are perpetually liable to become subservient, few, perhaps, have been carried to a more...

...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. Ye», good Griffith; (1) This...

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...easier teach twenty what is good to be done, than to be one of the twenty to follow my own teaching. Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be proud, if our...

...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill,1 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...

...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 If not of Heaven nor earth•.' " So happy be the issue * * * The...

...be retrieved. A friend cannot be known in prosperity ; and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water. Enjoy pleasure; but enjoy it with moderation. Sport not with pain and distress ; nor use the meanest...