XXXVI. ——“Friendship’s generous feud!
Where each desired that each the prize should hoard.”
Ὦ λῆμ’ ἄριστον, ὡς ἀπ’ εὐγενοῦς τινος
Ῥίζης πέφυκας, τοῖς φίλοις τ’ ὀρθῶς φίλος.
Eurip. Iph. in Taur. 609.
“Oh, excellent mind, from some noble root thou art sprung, for thou art truly a friend to thy friend!”
“Great Arthur gave each noble youth a sword.”
The Duke of Wellington presented his sword to Sir Henry (now Lord) Hardinge after the Battle of Waterloo.
XXXVIII. “And next to Heaven he loved his native land.
With Blanca there to fly when Spain was free,” &c.
Mas el amor de la mujer y de la patria, pues como dicen: de dó eres, hombre? tiraron por mi.—Mendoza, Lazarillo de Tormes.
XLI. “Thy course for bale that might have been for bliss.”