t. AARON HILL-Verses written on a Window in Scolland. "Be bold!" first gate; Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate. น. Inscription on the Gates of Busyrane. There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck! A man who's not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him. じ。 LONGFELLOW--Christus. Pt. III. John Endicott. Act II. Sc. 2. And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear, As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire? 8. Taming of the Shrew. Act I. Sc. 2. 'Tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety, t. Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 1. To be, or not to be, that is the question:-Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune; Or, to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them? u. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 1. We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail. What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger, Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble. w. Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 4. Why, courage, then! what cannot be avoided, "Twere childish weakness to lament, or fear. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act V. Sc. 4. Wise men ne'er wail their present woes, But presently prevent the ways to wail. y. Richard II. Act III. Sc. 2. x. A man of courage is also full of faith. 2. YONGE'S Cicero. The Tusculan m. Timon of Athens. Act III. Sc. 5. Disputations 1. SCOTT-Marmion. Canto IV. St. 30. When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on. Dr. SEWELL-The Suicide. Bk. XI. Ep. LV. By this good light, this is a very shallow monster:-I afear'd of him?-a very weak monster: The man i' the moon?-a most poor credulous monster :--Well drawn, monster, in good sooth. S. Tempest. Act II. Sc. 2. Cowards die many times before their deaths: fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come. t. Julius Cæsar. Act II. Sc. 2. Dost thou now fall over to my foes? น. King John. Act III. Sc. 1. How many cowards, whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules, and frowning Mars; Who, inward search'd, have livers white as milk? v. 20. Merchant of Venice. Act III. Sc. 2. I hold it cowardice, To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act. IV. Sc. 2. I may speak it to my shame, I have a truant been to chivalry. Henry IV. Pt I. Act V. Sc. 1. It was great pity, so it was, That villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier. y. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act I. Sc. 3. I would give all my fame for a pot of ale, and safety. Sc. 3. Z. Henry V. Act III. Sc. 2. Plague on't; an I thought he had been valiant, and so cunning in fence, I'd have seen him damned ere I'd have challenged him. a. Twelfth Night. Act III. Sc. 4. So bees with smoke, and doves with noisome stench, Are from their hives, and houses, driven away. They call'd us, for our fierceness, English Now, like whelps, we crying run away. So cowards fight when they can fly no As doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers. c. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act I. Sc. 4. What a slave art thou, to hack thy sword as thou hast done; and then say, it was in fight. d. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 4. Who knows himself a braggart, e. How in his cradle first he fostred was, CRIME. i. SPENSER-Britain's Ida. Canto V. The man that lays his hand on woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward. j. TOBIN--The Honeymoon. Act II. CREATION. If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father. น. v. DE LA BRUYERE-The Characters or Responsibility prevents crimes. Creation is great, and cannot be understood. k. CARLYLE-Essays. Characteristics. Silently as a dream the fabric rose; No sound of hammer or of saw was there. 1. x. FROUDE-Short Studies on Great Subjects. Reciprocal Duties of State and Subjects. CRITICISM. When I read rules of criticism I inquire immediately after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover what it is he likes in a composition. m. ADDISON Guardian. No. 115. He was in Logic a great critic, A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. A man must serve his time to every trade, With just enough of learning to misquote; Care not for feeling--pass your proper jest, 0. |