 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...out-number'd, overthrown And by the fate of war run down, 170 Their duty never was defeated, Nor t'rem their oaths and faith retreated ; For loyalty is still...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 adversaries, and the Devil,... | |
 | 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...; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shincd upon L We cannot refuse ourselves the pleasure of transcribing a passage, which exhibits in... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...For thongh ont-nnmher'd, overthrown, And by the 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 pages
...thongh out-numher'd, overthrown And hy the fate of war run down, 170 Their duty never was defeated. Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty...win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 173 Althongh it he not shin'd upou. But when these hrethren in evil. Their adversaries, and the Devil,... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1811 - 428 pages
...allude to in •" Iludibras, would have answered every purpose : :- '- ' Tor ' For loyalty is still thef same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Altho' it be not shone upon *.' The subjugation under which she had been reared, tending rather to... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...tho' outnumber'd, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down ; 17fr Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty...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 adversaries, and the devil,... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1812 - 432 pages
...services 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 reared, tending rather to... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...expound 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, Clothed... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pages
...For though out-number'd, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated : For loyalty...; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these Brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil, Began once more to... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...For though out-number^, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated : For loyalty...; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these Brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the devil, Began once more to... | |
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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. 
