The Spectator
Chapter 417 : (Roscommon). 370. --All the worlds a stage, And all the men and women merely players.

(Roscommon).

370.

'--All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.'

(Shakspeare).

371. JUV. Sat. x. 28.

'And shall the sage your approbation win, Whose laughing features wore a constant grin?'

372. OVID, Met. i. 759.

'To hear an open slander is a curse; But not to find an answer is a worse.'

(Dryden).

373. JUV. Sat. xiv. 109.

'Vice oft is hid in Virtue's fair disguise, And in her borrow'd form escapes inquiring eyes.'

374. LUCAN, ii. 57.

'He reckon'd not the past, while aught remain'd Great to be done, or mighty to be gain'd.'

(Rowe).

375. HOR. 4 Od. ix. 45.

'We barbarously call them blest, Who are of largest tenements possest, While swelling coffers break their owner's rest.

More truly happy those who can Govern that little empire, man; Who spend their treasure freely, as 'twas given By the large bounty of indulgent Heaven; Who, in a fix'd unalterable state, Smile at the doubtful tide of Fate, And scorn alike her friends.h.i.+p and her hate.

Who poison less than falsehood fear, Loath to purchase life so dear.'

(Stepney).

376. PERS. Sat. vi. 11.

'From the Pythagorean peac.o.c.k.'

377. HOR. 2 Od. xiii. 13.

'What each should fly, is seldom known; We unprovided, are undone.'

(Creech).

378. VIRG. Ecl. ix. 48.

'Mature in years, to ready honours move.'

(Dryden).

379. PERS. Sat. i. 27.

'--Science is not science till reveal'd.'

(Dryden).

380. OVID, Ars Am. ii. 538.

'With patience bear a rival in thy love.'

381. HOR. 2 Od. iii. 1.

'Be calm, my Dellius, and serene, However fortune change the scene, In thy most dejected state, Sink not underneath the weight; Nor yet, when happy days begin, And the full tide comes rolling in.

Let a fierce, unruly, joy, The settled quiet of thy mind destroy.'

(Anon.)

382. TULL.

'The accused confesses his guilt.'