 Of prowess and conduct adequate To what our place and fame doth promise, And all the godly expect from us, Nor shall they be deceiv'd, unless We're slurr'd and outed by success; Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand can always hit...  Dick Turpin - Page 215by Henry Downes Miles - 1840 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 468 pages
...motto from Butler indicates an author treading modestly but firmly on a ground new to his pen — " Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...perpetrate, We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate ; Which in success oft disinherits. For spurious causes, noblest merits." Fate played the author no trick in this... | |
 | Mrs. Silver - 1846 - 356 pages
...how slight all the thorns, the tempests of this pilgrimage, seem, now ye are at rest." CHAPTER XI. " Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...hit ; For, whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, we 're steered by fate, Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits." BUTLER.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1846 - 324 pages
...all the godly expect from us. Nor shall they be deceiv'd, unless We're slurr'd and outed by success; Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit: 880 For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate, Which in success oft disinherits,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...all the godly expect from us. Nor shall they be deceiv'd, unless We're slurr'd and outed by success : Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...perpetrate, We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate, Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. Great actions are not always true sons... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...all the Godly expect from us. Nor shall they be deceived, unless We're slurr'd and outed by success : Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit ; 880 For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, Which in success oft disinherits, 883 For spurious causes, noblest... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pages
...all the Godly expect from us. Nor shall they be deceiv'd, unless We're slurr'd and outed by success ; Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit : 880 For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, w' are steer'd by Fate, Which in success oft disinherits,... | |
 | battle of worcester - 1859 - 86 pages
...safest retreat, and the best facilities for escape to the continent. "Success, the mark no mortal wit On surest hand can always hit ; For whatsoe'er we perpetrate We do but row : — we're steer'd by Fate." At Barbon's Bridge the party made a halt, and a council was held ; when the King gallantly proposed... | |
 | Caroline M. Mersereau - Amusements - 1860 - 370 pages
...gain may follow, tbou may'st guess ; Thou then wilt be secure of thei success. Denham Q. 1. Success's the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand can always...For whatsoe'er we perpetrate We do but row ; we're steered by Fate, Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. Butler. 2.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...nine times to suck a bull. Nor shall they be deceived, unless We're slurred and outed* by success; Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand can...hit : For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, w' are steered by fate,t Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. Great... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...all the Godly expect from us. Nor shall they be deceiv'd, unless We're slurr'd and outed by success ; Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...hit : For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, w' are steer'd by Fate, Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. Great... | |
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