 | 1902 - 552 pages
...more moved over the waning of De Vere than am I concerning the passing of Mr Croker, 'I have labored to make a covenant with myself that affection may...nobleness but his affection stands to the continuance of a house so illustrious and would take hold on a twig or a twinethread to support it. And yet Time hath... | |
 | 1902 - 938 pages
...honors of De Vere ( W. Jones, 101) is one of the rare specimens of stately eloquence : " I have labored to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment; for I suppose that there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry and nobleness but his affection stands to... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 522 pages
...SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE CHAPTER I OF THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIE JOHN CONSTANTINE I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to a continuance of a noble name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 408 pages
...SIE JOHN CONSTANTINE CHAPTER I OP THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE " I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to a continuance of a noble name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 524 pages
...SIR JOHN CONST ANTINE CHAPTER I OF THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF BIB JOHN CON3TANTINB I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but hia affection stands to a continuance of a noble name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1902 - 652 pages
...other kingdom can produce such a peer in one and the self same name and title. . . . I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it; and yet time hath his revolution ; there must be a period and an end to... | |
 | James Waylen - 1908 - 154 pages
...of Wiltshire, &c. L DEVIZES : Printed at the " Advertiser " Printing Works. 1908. " I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to a continuance of a noble name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to uphold it.... | |
 | 1908 - 840 pages
...not press upon judgment; for I suppose that there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry and nobleness but his affection stands to the continuance...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine thread to uphold it. And yet Time has his revolutions; there must he an end of all temporal... | |
 | John Henry Wigmore, Ernst Freund, William Ephraim Mikell - 1908 - 844 pages
...hath any apprehension of gentry and nobleness but his affection stands to the continuance of so nohle a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine thread to uphold it. And yet Time has his revolutions; there must be an end of all temporal... | |
 | Thomas Herbert Lewin - 1909 - 450 pages
...men. Lord Dufferin. HAVE laboured to make a covenant with myself, that J. affection may not press on judgment ; for I suppose there is no man that hath...of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to a continuance of his name and house and would take hold of a twig or a twine-thread to uphold it. And... | |
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I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment ; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of so noble a name and house, and... 
