...her ladyship in 1716; and died at Holland House three years after that splendid but dismal union.* " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll...it. " " Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." " 1 iMnk the Romans call it Stoicism." " My voice is still for war." " When vice prt vails, and impious...

... OP THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. HENRY M. FIELD, DD JTis not in mortals to command success ; But we'll do more, Sempronius— we'll deserve it. ADDISON'S CATO. THIKD EDITION. NEW-YOKK : CHARLES SCBIBNEB & CO., 654 BKOADWAY. 1869. Entered, according...

...Though this play, as a whole, is forgotten, yet some of its lines are often quoted. For instance : " 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll desente it." " A day, an hour of virtuous liberty, la worth a whole eternity of bondage." " The woman...

...us known pleasant dinners over chops and pale ale, and dreary times over champagne and venison. 'Tia not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,— we'll deserve it. A host can but take that for his text. Do you know that grim jest of Grimod de la Eeyniere, a noted...

...rather think he is an admirer of Miss Atkinson's. I heartily wish you success in your scholarship — Tis not in mortals to command success. But well do more, Sempronius : we'll deserve it. Do you not think this is exactly like your mother? — truly, I think so myself. I had an agreeable...

...fate Of Cato and of Rome.s *' 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronlus, we'll deserve it." " Blesses his stars, and thinks...vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station." Not to mention — *' The woman who deliberates is lost." And the eternal...

...our repeated disappointments I consoled myself with a sentence which you and I learned in our youth, 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it That this and every acquisition you may make may prove a permanent blessing to yourself and family...

...illustrating the danger of making your contentment depend upon what others alone can give. Sir Arthur. 'Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it. — only one ought to substitute the word 'applause' for 'success.' so express it, extra to the ordinary...

...keep their ground as habitual quotations ; eg — " . . . big with the fate Of Cato and of Borne." " 'Tis not in mortals to command success ; But we'll...Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." " I think the Bomans call it Stoicism." " My voice is still for war." " When vice prevails, and impious znon bear...

...their ground as habitual quotations ; eg — "... big with the fate ^•S^V Of Cato and of Borne." " 'Tis not in mortals to command success ; But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it." " Blesses hia stars, and thinks it luxury." " I think the Romans call it Stoicism." " My voice is still for war."...