 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...of war run down, 170 Their duty never was defeated, Nor t'rem their oaths and faith retreated ; For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 175 Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these brethren in evil, Their... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty is still the same, Whether it 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,... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1812 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...of war run down ; 17fr Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 175 Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these brethren in evil, Their... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated : 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. But when these Brethren in evil, Their adversaries,... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1821 - 280 pages
...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... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...admiration of the man, Hiefollowing couplets, allusive to himself and bis feelings, as a true subject: For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be net shone upon. Nouvelle Heloise, Sfc. JJ Rousseau, like other... | |
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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. 
