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degree, produces veneration. The queftion now before 
us is, from what caui'e this eminence arifes ? By what 
means is it to be attained ?” After fnowing that it does 
not arifie from riches, from the dignity of rank or office, 
or from the fplendid a£lions and abilities which excite 
admiration, he proceeds to Ihow, that fimilar remarks may 
be applied to all the reputation derived from civil accom- 
plilhments; from the refined politics of the ftatefman ; or 
• the literary efforts of genius and erudition: “ Thefe be- 
itow, and, within certain bounds, ought to bellow, emi¬ 
nence and diftinftion on men. They difcover talents 
which in themlelves are fliining ; and which become highly 
valuable, when employed in advancing the good of man¬ 
kind. Hence, they frequently give rife to fame. But a 
diilinflion is to be made between fame, and true honour. 
The former is a loud and noify applaufe: the latter, a 
more filent and internal homage. Fame floats on the 
breath of the multitude : honour refts on the judgment 
of the thinking. Fame may give praife, while it with¬ 
holds efteem : true honour implies efteem mingled with 
refpeft. The one regards particular diftinguilhed talents ; 
the other looks up to the whole chara6ler. Hence the 
ftatefman, the orator, or the poet) may be famous; while 
yet the man himfelf is far from being honoured. We envy 
his abilities ; we wifli to rival them ; but we would not 
‘ chufe to be claffed with him who poffefled them. In¬ 
dian ces of this fort are too often found in every record of 
ancient or modern liiftory. 
“ From all this it follows, that, in order to difcern where 
man’s true honour lies, we mull look, not to any adven¬ 
titious circumftance of fortune; not to any Angle fparkling 
quality; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what in¬ 
titles him, as fuch, to rank high among the clafs of beings 
to which he belongs; in a word, we mull look to the mind 
and the foul. A mind fuperior to fear, to felfiffi intereft 
and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of 
uniform reftitude and integrity; the fame in prosperity 
and adverfity; which no bribe can feduce, nor terror 
overawe; neither by pleafure melted into effeminacy, nor 
by diftrefs funk into dejeflion; fuch is the mind which 
forms the diftinflion and eminence of man. One, who 
in no fituation of life is either afhamed or afraid of dif- 
charging his duty, and acting his proper part with firmnefs 
and conftancy; true to the God whom he worfhips, and 
true to the faith which he profeffes to believe; full of 
affeftion to his brethren of mankind ; faithful to his 
friends, generous to his enemies, warm with companion 
to the unfortunate; felf-denying to little private interefts 
and pleafures, but zealous for public intereft and liappi- 
nefs ; magnanimous, without being proud ; humble, with¬ 
out being mean ; juft without being harlh; Ample in his 
manners, but manly in his feelings ; on whofe word you 
can entirely rely ; whofe countenance never deceives you; 
whofe profeflions of kindnefs are the effufions of his heart: 
one, in fine, whom, independent of any views of advantage, 
you would chufe for a fuperior, could trull in as a friend, 
and could love as a brother. This is the man, whom in 
your heart, above all others, you do, you mull, honour.” 
A more noble inllance of the true honour of a foldier, 
cannot be given, than that which is recorded of Norby, 
grand admiral of Denmark, when his king and com¬ 
mander, Chriftiari II. ordered him to affaffinate Chrijline, 
a Swedilh lady of rank, who had fallen into his hands.— 
“ No, (replied Norby,) this employment is not fuited to 
me. I am a foldier; not an executioner. I have learnt 
so obey you, but without lhame, and without crime. 
Command me, and, if it be neceflary, I will brave a thou- 
fand deaths;—lpare neither my property nor my life, for 
they belong to my king— my honour alone belongs 
to myself.” 
To HON'OUR, v. a. [honnorer , Fr. honoro, Lat.] To re¬ 
verence; to regard with veneration.—The poor man is 
honoured for his Ikill, and the rich man is honoured for his 
riches. Ecc/eJ.x> 31.—To dignify; to raife to greatnefs; 
HON 
We nourilh ’gainft our fenate 
The cockle of rebellion, infolence, fedition, 
Which we ourfelves have plough’d for, fow’d and fcatler’d. 
By mingling them with us, the honour'd number. Skakefpcare. 
To glorify.—I will harden Pharoah’s heart, that he lhall 
follow after them, and I will be honoured upon Pharoah 
and upon all his holl, that the Egyptians may know that 
I am the Lord. Exod. xiv. 
HON'OUR,/ in the feodal tenures, a feigniority, or ma- 
nerial liberty, on which other inferior manors or lordlhips 
fometimes depend. See the article Game, vol. viii. p. 233, 
where the Honours ftill recognifed in England are enu¬ 
merated. 
HON'OUR, (Court of,) A court peculiar to the 
feigniority above-mentioned, exablly fimilar to the Court - 
Baron ; for which fee the article Courts of Law, vol. v. 
p. 298.—There is alfo a Court of Honour of the earl marlhal 
of England, conftituted for the purpofe of deciding all 
difputes concerning precedency, and points of honour, 
and the claims of heralds, and privileges of the Heralds’ 
College. It is a court by prefcription; and had a prifon 
fubfervient to it, called White-lion , in the borough of 
Southwark. 2 Nelf. 935. This is alio called the Court 
of Chivalry. 
HON'OUR, (Fountain of,) An epithet applied ta 
crowned heads, who have the privilege of creating titles 
of honour and dignity; and of bellowing them for life, 
or in hereditary lucceffion, as rewards to thofe who have 
deferved well of their king and country. 
HON'OUR, (Hereditary.) See the article Heral¬ 
dry, vol. ix. p. 787-795, and the correfpondent Engrav¬ 
ings of Hereditary Defcent. 
HON'OUR, (Maids of,) Ladies in attendance upon 
the queen : they are fix in number, and receive falaries of 
300I. per annum each. 
HON'OUR-POINT. See the article Heraldry, vol. ix. 
p. 429, and the correfpondent Engraying. 
HON'OUR ABLE, adj. ^honorable, Tr.] Illullrious; no¬ 
ble.—Who hath taken this counfel \gainft Tyre, the 
crowning city, whofe merchants are princes, whofe traf¬ 
fickers are the honourable of the earth ? If a. xxiii. 8.— 
Great; magnanimous; generous: 
Sir, I’ll tell you. 
Since I am charg’d in honour, and by him 
That I think honourable. Skakefpeare. 
Conferring honour: 
Then Warlike kings, who for their country fought, 
And honourable wounds from battle brought. Dryden, 
Accompanied with tokens of honour: 
Sith this wretched woman overcome 
Of anguilh rather than of crime hath been, 
Prelerve her caule to her eternal doom; 
And, in the mean, vouchlafe her honourable tomb. Spenfer, 
Not to be difgraced.—Here’s a Bohemian Tartar tarries 
the coming down of thy fat woman:—let her defeeqd, my 
chambers are honourable. Shakefpeare. —Free from taint; 
free from reproach.—As he was honourable in all his acls, 
fo in this, that he took Joppe for an haven. 1 Mac. xiv. 5.— 
Honelt; without intention of deceit.—The earl lent to 
know if they would entertain their pardon, in cafe he 
fbould come in perfon, and affure it: they anfwered, They 
did conceive him to be fo honourable, that from himfelf 
they would moll thankfully embrace it. Hayzoard. —Equi¬ 
table. 
HON'OURABLENESS, f. Eminence; magnificence ; 
generality. 
HON'OURABLY, adv. With tokens of honour: 
The rev’rend abbot, 
With all his convent, honourably received him. Shaftefpeare ; 
Magnanimoufly; generoufly.—After fome fix weeks, which 
the king did honourably iuterpofe, to give lpace to his 
brother’s 
