 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...Mankind. — POI'E. HONOUR and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part — there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made...flaunts in rags — one flutters in brocade ; The cobler apron'd, and the parson gown'd ; The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more," you... | |
 | Adiel Sherwood - Georgia - 1829 - 320 pages
...trade in Philadelphia. His low birth and scanty means of improvement are mentioned, to show that, " Honor and shame from no condition rise Act well your part ; there all the honor lies." Through the fair, though false promises of Governor Keith, he embarked for England to purchase a press;... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...Whose life is healthful, and whose conscience clear, Because he wants a thousand pounds a year. 25 Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your...One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. 26 " What differ... | |
 | 1831 - 596 pages
...those of his active heroes,' Ambition. 493 I replied with a quotation from the great moral poet — "Honor and shame from no condition rise, Act well your part, there all the honor lies." el know it, I know it ;' he answered, 'but I do wish heaven had appointed me a more glorious part to... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...boundless bounty blest, And heaven beholds its image in his breast. [From An Essay on Man.] TRUE NOBILITY. HONOR and shame from no condition rise ; Act well...One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade; The cobbler aproned, and the parson gowned, The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. "What differ more... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - English language - 1832 - 168 pages
...human-kind, Whose life is healthful, and whose conscience clear, Because he wants a thousand pounds°a year. Honor and shame from no condition rise: Act well your...men h'as some small difference made, One flaunts in fags, one flutters in brocade; The cobler apron'd and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...breeding* than Mr. Gulley. The words of POPE are strongly verified by the conduct of this gentleman. Honor and shame from no condition rise Act well your part, there all the honor lies. The great flow of riches into his coifers have not spoiled the man, neithei has his great success elevated... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Sports - 1832 - 432 pages
...of the country where he won his gold : he felt the words of the poet, and showed be felt them: — Honor and shame from no condition rise : Act well your part— there all the honor lies ! Independence was his boast, though won by Lis thimble. Honest Howell! Most highminded of tailors... | |
 | John Close - 1833 - 182 pages
...ccxvii. ver. 193. — "Honour and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made,...One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade : The cobbler apron'd and the parson gown'd The frier hooded, and the monarch crown 'd What differ more,... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Science - 1833 - 418 pages
...callings which there is little danger of over crowding. The universal feeling assumes to be that . ' Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part ; there all the honor lies.' No where, perhaps, on earth, does the employment receive its estimation from the man, and not the man... | |
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Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more," you cry, " than crown and cowl ?" I'll tell you,... 
