Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it. Charles Lamb - Stran 124avtor: Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 191 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Lucy Aikin - 1843 - 302 strani
...this number are the following : " The woman who deliberates is lost." " Plant daggers in my heart." " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more Sempronius, we'll deserve it." " The pale unripen'd beauties of the north." " 'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 strani
...troubles, and might well have said seriously, as he more than once both said and wrote playfully, " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." 1 To assist them in amusing him in the hours which he spent out of his study, and especially that he... | |
| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 710 strani
...place. How strongly does that admirable line in the tragedy of Cato come to our minds, when he says, ' Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it-' " After having been on this occasion not so fortunate i to have been of any use under your command,... | |
| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 708 strani
...How strongly does that admirable line in the tragedy of Cato come to our minds, when he says, 1 "I'is not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it.' " After having been on this occasion not so fortunate as to have been of any use under your command,... | |
| Edward Hazen Parker - 1851 - 694 strani
...as Christians, the duties of your high vocation ; ever stimulated by the sentiment of the poet — ' Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." " STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. We would call the attention of our subscribers to the notice of the annual... | |
| William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 strani
...a young periodical to merit public approbation, and be able to say, in the language of the poet, " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." I append a list of the foreign publications through which we (staff and all) industriously waded, so... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 strani
...keep their ground u habitual quotations, eg : — " .... big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome." " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." Meanwhile he was writing political papers and advancing in the political profession. He went Secretary... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 strani
...of this number are the following: "The woman who deliberates Is lost." "Plant daggers in my heart." "Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." "The pale unripen'd beauties of the north." "'Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 strani
...life : I'll thunder in their ears their country's cause, And try to rouse up all that's Roman in 'em. 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it. [Exit. SEMPRONIUS, solus. Curse on the stripling ! how he apes his sire ? Ambitiously sententious !... | |
| John Watts De Peyster - 1855 - 396 strani
...bottom, insert 'This quotation was made from memory. It is from ADDISON'S 'Co/a,' and should read : " 'Tis not In mortals to command success, But we'll do more, SEMPRONIUS, we'll deserve it." Page 216. Text, 13th line, for 'STEHHEN,' read 'STEPHEN.' Page 220. " 2d line, for 'conflict,' read... | |
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