 | 1807 - 570 ページ
...perhaps be applied with, more emphatic propriety than to any other in the history of these kingdoms : Loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shincd upon L We cannot refuse ourselves the pleasure of transcribing a passage,... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 ページ
...ont-nnmher'd, overthrown, And by the fate of war rnn down, Their dnty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated . For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; Trne as the dial to I he snn, Althongh it be not shin'd npon. Bnt when these Brethren in evil, Their... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 ページ
...though outnumber'd, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty is still...win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the Sun, Although it be not sliin'd upon. Sut when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the Devil,... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1811 - 428 ページ
...allude to in •" Iludibras, would have answered every purpose : :- '- ' Tor ' For loyalty is still thef same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Altho' it be not shone upon *.' The subjugation under which she had been reared, tending rather to... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1812 - 432 ページ
...services unrequited, the passage we allude to in Hudibras, would have answered every purpose : « For ' For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game; True as the dial to the sun, Altlio it be not shone upon •.' The subjugation under which she had been reared, tending rather to... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 ページ
...expound all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in a mortal shape, And showed a Newton as we show an Ape." "For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the Game, True, as the ditil to the sun, Although it be not slimed upon." Sons of the Stagyrite, all such draw nigh, Clothed... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 ページ
...out-number'd, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down ; 170 Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated ; For loyalty is still...or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 175 264 But when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil, Began once more to show them... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 ページ
...though out-number^, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated : For loyalty is still...win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these Brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 ページ
...cédait point à leur misère ; A leur devoir, à leurs serments, Ils furent constants en tout temps. Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun , Although it be not shin'd npon. But when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil,.... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1821 - 280 ページ
...by Butler, also, in a manner which proves that sublimity and wit are not invariably disconnected : For loyalty is still the same,' Whether it win or lose the game, True as the dial to the Sun, Although it be not shined upon. Therefore, when men of admitted talent, and of high consideration,... | |
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For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. 
