 | Abby Sage Richardson - English literature - 1892 - 452 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... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...finds a predecessor in Bacon's Essay, " Of Revenge :" 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 ^art to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure [in which confidence his lordship was mistaken,... | |
 | Emma Forbes Cary - Calendars - 1893 - 294 pages
...one in the sense of this world's life. BEOWTJINO. " 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... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1894 - 688 pages
...being foretold that, when " Christ cometh," He shall not " find faith upon the Earth." OF REVENGE. 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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 550 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... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - Bible - 1897 - 518 pages
...instances may be given : In the essay "of Eevenge,"3 he declares that "in taking it 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 1 Essay No. V. " on Adversity." Solomon, I am sure, saith, ' It is the... | |
 | Annie Barnett - English prose literature - 1900 - 1060 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, /'/ ii the glory of a Man to pats by an offence.... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 478 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 - 1900 - 382 pages
...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of officeT 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 Salomon, I am sure, saith, // is the glory of a man to pass by an offence.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Didactic literature, English - 1900 - 462 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... | |
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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 offence? 
