The "Laws of Honour" may be "printed by the Laws of Nature in the Breast of a Soldier, or a Man of Honour"
— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and Sold by J. Brotherton, T. Payne, W. Mears
Date
1722, 1723
Metaphor
The "Laws of Honour" may be "printed by the Laws of Nature in the Breast of a Soldier, or a Man of Honour"
Metaphor in Context
Perhaps this Principle may not please all that read it; but as I have resolv'd to guide my Actions in things of such a Nature by the Rules of strict Vertue and Principles of Honour; so I must lay it down as a Rule of Honour, that a Man having once forfeited his Life to the Justice of his Prince, and to the Laws of his Country, and receiving it back as a Bounty from the Grace of his Soveraign; such a Man can never lift up his Hand again against that Prince, without a forfeiture of his Vertue, and an irreparable Breach of his Honour and Duty, and deserves no Pardon after it, either from God or Man; but all this is a Digression, I leave it as a Sketch of the Laws of Honour, printed by the Laws of Nature in the Breast of a Soldier, or a Man of Honour, and which I believe all impartial Persons who understand what Honour means, will Subscribe to.
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Provenance
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Citation
At least 9 entries in the ESTC (1722, 1723, 1724, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1747)
Text from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque, Commonly Call'd Col. Jack, Who Was Born a Gentleman, Put 'Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, Was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and then Kidnapp'd to Virginia, Came Back a Merchant; Was Five Times Married to Four Whores; Went Into the Wars, Behav'd Bravely, Got Preferment, Was Made Colonel of a Regiment, Came over, and Fled With the Chevalier, Is Still Abroad Compleating a Life of Wonders, and Resolves to Dye a General. 2nd edition (London: Printed and Sold by J. Brotherton, T. Payne, W. Mears, 1723). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque, Commonly Call'd Col. Jack, Who Was Born a Gentleman, Put 'Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, Was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and then Kidnapp'd to Virginia, Came Back a Merchant; Was Five Times Married to Four Whores; Went Into the Wars, Behav'd Bravely, Got Preferment, Was Made Colonel of a Regiment, Came over, and Fled With the Chevalier, Is Still Abroad Compleating a Life of Wonders, and Resolves to Dye a General. 2nd edition (London: Printed and Sold by J. Brotherton, T. Payne, W. Mears, 1723). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/25/2005
