 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 σελίδες
...misery. Thus Congreve concludes the tragedy of The Mourning Bride with the following foolish couplet: 'For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.1 " When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sinks under the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 σελίδες
...Thus Congreve concludes the Tragedy of ' The Mourning Bride ' with the following foolish couplet : ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though...virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally upon the mind by a series of as deep distress as can affect humanity, in the amiable and pious heroine... | |
 | Stray thoughts, E L - 1885 - 118 σελίδες
...surely than any cordial, and soften and water the parched and thirsty heart. — John Inglesant. 6. FOR blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. William Congreve. 7. IT is as easy to close the eyes of the mind as those of the body, and when men... | |
 | George Gordon Macleod - 1885 - 248 σελίδες
...heart for any fate : Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait." — Longfellow. " For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds — And though a late, a sure reward succeeds." — Congreve. " How far that little candle throws its beams : So shines a good deed in a naughty world."... | |
 | Ellen Gubbins - 1885 - 72 σελίδες
...A/JAY I govern my passion with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away. p OR blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds. J)EFER not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise. A RDENT prayer opens... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1887 - 248 σελίδες
...literary merit, and had not the remotest reference to his retirement from official life. CHAPTER XI. 1 For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ' Conr/reve. Southey dies (21st March, 1843) — Wordsworth is appointed Poet Laureate — Jeffrey's... | |
 | WILLIAM CONGREVE - 1887 - 556 σελίδες
...innocence survive, Still in the paths of honour persevere, And not from past or present ills despair : For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds ; And though a late a sure reward succeeds. 486 BRIDE. tragedy thus i . i know, No more a princess, but in statu uow as uncoiv oar, And know each... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 σελίδες
...Thus Congreve concludes the Tragedy of " The Mourning Bride " with the following foolish couplet : " For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though...virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sink under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more indignant... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 σελίδες
...WILLIAM CONGREVE (1670-1729) Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. RICHARD STEELE (1671-1729) We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in... | |
 | William Congreve - 1888 - 540 σελίδες
...innocence survive, Still in the paths of honour persevere, And not from past or present ills despair : For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds ; And though a late a sure reward succeeds. [Exeunt omnes. SPOKEN BY MRS. BRACEGIRDLE. THE tragedy thus done, I am, you know, No more a princess,... | |
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When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sinks under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more indignant hatred of vice, than if he... 
