 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
 | James Logie Robertson - English literature - 1894 - 388 pages
...of his lampoon rescued his name from obscurity. Hia own lines illustrate his success in life : — " Success ! the mark no mortal wit Or surest hand can...We do but row — we're steer'd by fate ; Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits." Only, while his merits were many and... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1895 - 944 pages
...attention of fatalists and of believers in predestination to the following lines on " Success : " " Success, the mark no mortal wit Or surest hand can...For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, we're steered by fate, • Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. Great actions... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...to Fate ; Whom this morn sees most fortunate The ev'ning sees in poor estate. Herriclc, Hesp. 459. Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...For whatsoe'er we perpetrate. We do but row— we're stecr'd by fate, Which in success oft disinherits. For spurious causes, noblest merits. ' Sutler, Hud.... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...beyond the tomb, Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn. s. BEATTIE— Tlie Minstrel. Bk. I. ped fishes ; and about his shelves A beggarly account...bladders and musty seeds, Remnants of packthread and success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. t. BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...in mortals to command success ; But we'll do more, Sempronius, — we'll deserve it. ADDISON: Cato. Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...perpetrate, We do but row, we're steer'd by fate. BUTLER : Hudibras. Nor do the boldest 'tempts bring forth Events still equal to their worth, But sometimes... | |
 | Quotations - 1897 - 308 pages
...are justified in hoping for is that which we are capable of making for ourselves. — Samuel Smiles. Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can...For, whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but row, we're steered by fate. — Butler. A man may be outwardly successful all his life long, and die hollow and... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1897 - 526 pages
...Alirabilis, CCXLIL " Success, a sort of suicide, Is ruin'd by success." YOUNG. Resignation, Pt. II. " Success the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit." BUTLER. Hudibras, Pt. I., Can. I., line 879. " Such blessings Nature pours, O'erstock'd mankind enjoy... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1900 - 244 pages
...of the same opinion still. For when disputes are wearied out, Tis interest still resolves the doubt. Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand can...always hit. For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, We do but vow, we're steered by Fate. Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 614 pages
...Act V. He must needs go that the devil drives. —Shakespeare: *Alfs Well That Ends Well,'' Act I. 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. —Butler:... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...Hamlet,* Act V. He must needs go that the devil drives. -Shakespeare: *AlFs WeU Thai Ends Wet!,' Act I. 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. —Butler:... | |
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