Honour's sacred tie the law of kings
- DMI number:
- 35737
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Honour's sacred tie the law of kings
- Last Line:
- It ought not to be sported with
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Joseph Addison
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Cato Act 2 Scene 1. Chalmers (1810) IX: 576-597.
- First Line:
- Honour's a sacred tie the law of kings
- Last Line:
- It is not to be sported with
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Honour's a sacred tie the law of kings
- Last Line:
- It ought not to be sported with
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The speaker [Dublin, 6th ed] [Vol 1] [N24074] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin, 4th ed] [T105858] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin, 5th ed] [T207885] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Addison. Cato.
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