| Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory of a man to pass by an... | |
| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office, J Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory « " Now, dismiss us,"... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 474 pages
...revenge of that wrong, putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon; and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory of a man to pass by an... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...revenge of that wrong, putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon ; and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory of a man to pass by an... | |
| Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - Ambassadors - 1886 - 488 pages
...equally utilitarian point of view, puts the case better: "Certainly in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, // 1s the glory of a man to pass by an offence.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 pages
...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is superior, for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith : " It is the glory of a man to pass by an... | |
| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - Authors, English - 1888 - 306 pages
...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. % Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon: and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory * " Now, dismiss us," or... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1888 - 336 pages
...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is superior, for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith : " It is the glory of a man to pass by an... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 456 pages
...wrong putteth the law out of office b. ^"Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his 1 enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior ; ' for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Salomon, I am sure, saith °, // is the glory of a man to pass by an... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...revenge of that wrong, putteth the law out of office. Certainly^jn taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior): for it is a prince's part to pardon; and SolomonTl am sure, saith, " It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence."... | |
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