 Sincerity ! Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path ! although the earth should gape, And from the gulph of hell destruction cry To take dissimulation's winding way.  Waverley Novels - Pàgina 224per Walter Scott - 1867Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 392 pàgines
...are working like yeast. But hark ! they sound to mount. Let us to horse, Blount ; we young knigbts must deserve our spurs." CHAPTER XXXV. -Sincerity,...no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth shouM gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way." — Douglas.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 422 pàgines
...and men's brains are working like yeast. But hark ! they sound to mount. Let us to horse, Blount : young knights must deserve our spurs." CHAPTER XXXV....Sincerity, Thou first of virtues ! let no mortal leave The onward path, although the earth should gape And from the gulf of hell Destruction cry, To take... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1884 - 604 pàgines
...there might be no '."estraint on the conversation he found Oscar inclined to begin. CHAPTER XII. " Sincerity! Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave...And from the gulf of hell destruction cry To take dissimulations winding way." — DOUGLAS. " WELL, colonel," said Oscar, " I fancy I was not mistaken... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 908 pàgines
...young knights must deserve oui spurs." CHAPTER THIRTY-FIFTH. • Sincerity, Thou first of virtues ! lei no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of liell destruction cry, To take dusunulation's winding way. DOUGLAS. IT was not till after a long and... | |
 | 1886 - 344 pàgines
...beneath his sword, falt'ring, I took An oath equivocal, that I ne'er would Wed one of Douglas' name. Sincerity ! Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path ! although the earth should gapo, And from the gulf of hell Destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way. Anna. Alas !... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1887 - 602 pàgines
...that there might be no restraint on the conversation he found Oscar inclined to begin. CHAPTER XII. " Sincerity! Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gap«. And from the gu)f of hell destruction cry To take dissimulation's windmg way."— DOUGLAs. "WELL,... | |
 | 1891 - 556 pàgines
...one is wanting, there is great reason to suspect the absence of the other. Sterne. FIBST OF VIRTUES. Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, Aud from the gulf of hell destruction rise, — To take dissimulation's winding way. Home. SINGULARITY.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pàgines
...to defend that pathetick and beautiful tragedy, and repeated the following passage : " Sincerity, 1 Thou first of virtues ! let no mortal leave Thy onward...path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way." JOHNSON. "That will not do, Sir.... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 pàgines
...mouth ; V.' bai his breast forges that his tongue must vent. — Shakespeare : * Coriolanus,* Act III. Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave...should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction rise,— To take dissimulation's winding way. -Home. «SINGLE BLESSEDNESS» But earthly happier is... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 610 pàgines
...mouth ; What his breast forges that his tongue must vent. — Shakespeare : * Coriolanus,* Act III. Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave...should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction rise,— To take dissimulation's winding way. -Home. "SINGLE BLESSEDNESS" But earthly happier is the... | |
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