 | Department of English Washington University Robert Milder Professor, St Louis - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 312 pages
...he puts alms for oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes, Those scraps of good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot...as soon As done. Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright .... — Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (3, 3, 144-51) It is possession of a great... | |
 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made,, iorgot as soon As done: . . . . . to have done is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the distant ways: For honor travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast; keep, then, the... | |
 | 532 pages
...— A great-sized monster of ingratitudes — Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devoured As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done ; perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright : to have done is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery.... | |
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As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done :• Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow,... 
