 | WILLIAM CONGREVE - 1887 - 556 strani
...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 strani
...productive of happiness ; and vice of misery. Thus Congreve concludes the Tragedy of " The Mourning Bride " with the following foolish couplet : " For blessings...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... | |
 | 1888 - 252 strani
...The poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays. Wordsworth. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. W. Congrene. Like birds, whose beauties languish, half concealed, Till mounted on the wing, their glossy... | |
 | William Congreve - 1888 - 540 strani
...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. SPOKEN BY MRS. BRACEGIRDLE. _X~ THE tragedy thus done, I am, you know, No more a princess, but in statu... | |
 | Robert Henry Lundie - 1888 - 366 strani
...appointed time throws aside its cares, that he may advance the kingdom of God and the welfare of man ; " For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds." On the 23rd of March 1864 Mr. Balfour was married to Jessie, third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 strani
...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... | |
 | Connecticut. Board of Education - 1888 - 1180 strani
...meaning of each of the following : 1. Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor, and to wait. 2. Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late a sure reward succeeds. 3. Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of... | |
 | 1917 - 590 strani
...Central Park. No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. — C. Simmons. Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds. — Congreve. A POSSIBLE PROGRAM OUTLINE BY WEEKS (Continued from page 273.) (6) Folding. A plow. A... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 strani
...of living does not consist in length of days, but in the right employment of them. —Montaigne. 99. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. — Congreve. 100. No man is a better merchant than he who pays out his time upon God, and his money... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 strani
...productive of happiness ; and vice of misery. Thus Congreve concludes the tragedy of ' The Mourning Bride ' with the following foolish couplet : ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, thougli a late, a sure reward succeeds.' "When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates,... | |
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For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds. 
