 | 1861 - 356 str.
...grace a noble monument. BARTON. THE FALL — (See ADAM.) FALSEHOOD — (See DEcErr.) FAME. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. MILTON. What so foolish as the chase of Fame ? How vain the prize! how impotent our aim! For what are... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 362 str.
...will tell you that it is no better than a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you must not... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 360 str.
...will tell you that it is no better than a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you must not... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 str.
...passage contains a line that has almost passed into a proverb : — " Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade,...And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,' Phcebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1862 - 220 str.
...mos est aliis,) Amaryllida sive Neseram Sectanti, ac tortia digitum impediisse capillis? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears; "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil... | |
 | John Antrobus (essayist.) - 1862 - 150 str.
...bade thee rest, And drink thy fill of pure immortal Streams. TETJE FAME— BY THE SAME. FAME is the spur that the clear Spirit doth raise, That last Infirmity...And slits the thin-spun Life. " But not the praise," Phoabus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 str.
...Spur to Action. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in... | |
 | 1863 - 326 str.
...shears which sever That slender thread, — and cuts its course forever. THE THREAD OF LIFE. FAME is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And clips the well-spun life. MILTON. • •miNEMESIS. O THOtT who never yet of human wrong Left the unbalanced... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 str.
...Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 7o (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the...life.—" But not the praise," — Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears : " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, "Nor in the glistering foil... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - 216 str.
...mos est aliis,) Amaryllida sive Neseram Sectanti, ac tortis digitum impediisse capillis? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears; "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil... | |
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Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury... 
