...mouth ; V.' bai his breast forges that his tongue must vent. — Shakespeare : * Coriolanus,* Act III. Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction rise,— To take dissimulation's...

...beneath his sword, falt'ring I took An oath equivocal^ that I ne'er would Wed one of Douglas' name. eve altho' the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry To take dissimulation's winding...

...endeavoured to defend that pathetick and beautiful tragedy, and repeated the following passage : — ' Sincerity, ' Thou first of virtues ! let no mortal leave ' Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, ' And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, ' To take dissimulation's...

...beneath his sword, fault'ring, I took An oath equivocal, that I ne'er would Wed one of Douglas' name. — Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path! although the earth should gape, And from the gulph of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's...

...the need of courageous and manly men who are above reproach and whose sincerity can not be doubted. Sincerity, thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave thy onward path, although the earth should gape, and from the gulf of hell destruction rise, to take dissimulation's...

...dissimulation, of failing to confess to her father her secret marriage, for all her subsequent woes: . . . Sincerity Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path! althou' the earth should gape And from the gulph of hell destruction cry To take dissimulation's winding...

...thing more pure in morality, or more touching in eloquence, than the exclamation of Lady Randolph: - Sincerity! Thou first of virtues! Let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulph of hell destruction cry To take dissimulation's...