I.-THAT A BULLY IS ALWAYS A COWARD
<strong>I.-THATABULLYISALWAYSACOWARD</strong>
Thisaxiomtainsaprincipleofpensationwhichdisposesustoadmitthetruthofit.Butthereisnosafetrustingtodiariesanddefinitions.Weshouldmorewillinglyfallinwiththispopularlanguage,ifwedidnotfindbrutalitysometimesawkwardlycoupledwithvalour--inthesamevocabulary.Theicwriters,withtheirpoeticaljustice,havetributednotalittletomisleadusuponthispoint.Toseeahectfellowexpoblusterer,agiant,andadastard.ButAlmanzor,inDryden,talksofdrivingarmiessinglybeforehim--a.TomBrownhadashrewderinsightintothiskindofcharacterthaherofhispredecessors.Hedividesthepalmmoreequably,andallowshisheroasortofdimidiatepreeminence:--"BullyDawsonkickedbyhalfthetown,andhalfthetownkickedbyBullyDawson."Thiswastruedistributivejustice.
<strong>II.--THATILL-GOTTENGAINNEVERPROSPERS</strong>
Theweakestpartofmankindhavethissayingointheirmouth.Itisthetritesolationadmiotheeasydupe,whenhehasbeentrickedoutofhismoneyorestate,thattheacquisitionofitwilldotheood.Buttheroguesofthisworld--theprudenterpartofthem,atleast--ker;and,iftheobservationhadbeenastrueasitisold,wouldnothavefailedbythistimetohavediscoveredit.Theyhaveprettysharpdistinsofthefluctuatingandtheperma."Lightlytopostpoheprophecyofrefuoalateposterity.松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读
Thisaxiomtainsaprincipleofpensationwhichdisposesustoadmitthetruthofit.Butthereisnosafetrustingtodiariesanddefinitions.Weshouldmorewillinglyfallinwiththispopularlanguage,ifwedidnotfindbrutalitysometimesawkwardlycoupledwithvalour--inthesamevocabulary.Theicwriters,withtheirpoeticaljustice,havetributednotalittletomisleadusuponthispoint.Toseeahectfellowexpoblusterer,agiant,andadastard.ButAlmanzor,inDryden,talksofdrivingarmiessinglybeforehim--a.TomBrownhadashrewderinsightintothiskindofcharacterthaherofhispredecessors.Hedividesthepalmmoreequably,andallowshisheroasortofdimidiatepreeminence:--"BullyDawsonkickedbyhalfthetown,andhalfthetownkickedbyBullyDawson."Thiswastruedistributivejustice.
<strong>II.--THATILL-GOTTENGAINNEVERPROSPERS</strong>
Theweakestpartofmankindhavethissayingointheirmouth.Itisthetritesolationadmiotheeasydupe,whenhehasbeentrickedoutofhismoneyorestate,thattheacquisitionofitwilldotheood.Buttheroguesofthisworld--theprudenterpartofthem,atleast--ker;and,iftheobservationhadbeenastrueasitisold,wouldnothavefailedbythistimetohavediscoveredit.Theyhaveprettysharpdistinsofthefluctuatingandtheperma."Lightlytopostpoheprophecyofrefuoalateposterity.松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读