ADIEU-continued. ADIEU-ADVERSITY. Then came the parting hour, and what arise The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land-good night. ADMONITION-see Advice. 5 Crabbe, Tales. Byron, Ch. H. 1. 13. Sum up at night what thou hast done by day; Since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree. Herbert, Temp. What could I more ? I warn'd thee, I admonish'd thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy That lay in wait; beyond this had been force, [76. And force upon free-will hath here no place. Milton, vII. 77. Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed. ADULTERY. Young, Sat. II. 282. What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, Is much more common where the climate's sultry. Byron, Don Juan, 1. 63. The great man down, you mark his favourite flies, The poor advanced makes friends of enemies. Sh. Ham. 11.2. Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Sh.A. Y. II. 1. Sh. H. VIII. II. 1. Where you are liberal of your loves and counsels, Sh. H. VIII. III. 2. I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness; I haste now to my setting. I shall fall By adversity are wrought Sh. H. VIII. III. 2. The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown, Out of distress and misery are grown. Daniel, E. of South. Love is maintained by wealth; when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent. Herrick, Aph. 144. Adversity, sage useful guest, Severe instructor, but the best, Justly to value things below. I am not now in fortune's power: He that is down, can fall no lower. Who has not known ill fortune, never knew Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue; Calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. Somerville. Butler, Hud. Mallet, Alfred. Mal. Alfr. ADVERSITY-ADVICE. ADVERSITY-continued. The gods in bounty work up storms about us, Their hidden strength, and throw out into practice Virtues that shun the day, and lie conceal'd In the smooth seasons and the calms of life. Addison, Cato. Even o'er an enemy oppressed, and heap In this wild world the fondest and the best, Are the most tried, most troubled, and distress'd. I have not quailed to danger's brow Frowde, Sa. Smollett, Reg. Crabbe. Byron, Giacur. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, And fellow countrymen have stood aloof In aught that tries the heart, how few withstand the proof! The good are better made by ill, Byron, Don J. Byron, Ch. H. Rogers, Jacqueline. ADVICE. Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, Give thy thoughts no tongue, Sh. Hen. VIII. III. 2. Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Sh. Ham. 1. 3. 8 ADVICE-continued. ADVICE. I shall the effect of this good lesson keep Sh. Ham. 1. 3. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity Ib. 1. 3. Sh. All's W. 1. 1. But were we burden'd with like weight of pain, Sh. Com. E. 11. 1. I pray thee, cease thy counsel Sh. Much A. v. 1. Learn to be wise, and practise how to thrive : Ben Jonson. Danger, to give the best advice to kings. Herrick, Aph. 245. Know when to speak-for many times it brings Take sound advice, proceeding from the heart Dryden. When things go ill, each fool presumes to advise, And that advice seems best which comes too late. Sedley. Search, and know all mankind's mysterious ways; Rowe, Ulysses. ADVICE-continued. ADVICE-AFFECTION. No part of conduct asks for skill more nice, The assuming wit, who deems himself so wise, Let him not dare to vent his dang'rous thought- The worst men give oft the best advice. AFFABILITY. Gentle to me, and affable hath been Thy condescension, and shall be honoured ever AFFECTATION. 9 Stilling fleet. Pope. Bailey, Festus. Milton P. L. VIII. 218. Sh. Two G. 1. 2. Maids, in modesty, say No to that Cumberland. Pope, R. L.IV.31. Cowper, Task, 11. 415. Why, she would hang on him, Affection is a coal that must be cool'd, Sh. Ham. 1. 2. Sh. Poems. Sh. Oth. III. 3. |