 In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd...  The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 302by William Shakespeare - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Lawrence Schoen - Fiction - 2001 - 240 pages
...murder, — My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain the offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? what rests? Try what repentance can: what can it not? Yet what can it when one can not repent? O wretched... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 304 pages
...did the murder: My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain th'offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell' d, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? What rests?... | |
 | Jan H. Blits - Drama - 2001 - 420 pages
...standpoint of this world, Claudius has no reason to give up what he has. But what about the next world? But 'tis not so above: There is no shuffling, there...teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence. (3.3.60-64) Justice is perfect above, while imperfect here. Similar in principle, it differs in this... | |
 | Ewan Fernie - Drama - 2002 - 292 pages
...clean, but cannot forsake the fruits of sin: his crown, his Gertrude. And yet he acknowledges quietly: In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compelFd Even to the truth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence. (3.3.60-4) This is an anticipation... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2002 - 214 pages
...this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself 6o Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above: There is...forehead of our faults To give in evidence. What then? What rests? 65 Try what repentance can. What can it not? Yet what can it, when one cannot repent? O... | |
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