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
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 420 pages
...justice ' And oft 'ti.H seen, the wicked prize itseIC Buys out the law: But 'tis not so above: There Js no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature;...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 cannot repent? O wretched... | |
| Edward J. Hallock - English language - 1854 - 260 pages
...the 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...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 cannot repent... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1856 - 574 pages
...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...forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then ? what rests 1 Try what repentance can : What can it not 1 Yet what can it, when one can not repent... | |
| Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...the murder, My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardoned, and retain the offence ? In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's...action lies In his true nature ; and we ourselves compelled, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then ? — what... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1856 - 320 pages
...justice, And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself 25 Buys out the law ; but 'tis not so above : T/iere, is no shuffling ; there, the action lies In his true...to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.—What then ?—what rests ? 35 Bow, stubborn knees; and, heart, with strings of steel. Be... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 488 pages
...the 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...to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidencp. What then ? what rests ? Try what repentance can : What can it not ? Yet what can it, when... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 730 pages
...and retain the offence ? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove-by justice ; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 376 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...the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compelTd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then ? what rests... | |
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