Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it. The Plays - Página 369por William Shakespeare - 1824Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 páginas
...must compel us to lament Our most persisted deeds. 30 — v. 1. 184 Judgment gammed by circumstances. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes,...: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. 34— iv. 6. 185 Virtue. Virtue, that transgresses, is but patched with sin ; and sin, that amends,... | |
| Richard Hildreth - 1840 - 208 páginas
...after all, be so much alike. Such readers will do well to call to mind the lines of Shakspeare, — Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes...breaks Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. That gold however, with which the system of southern slavery is plated, is not the true metal. 'Tis... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 páginas
...cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ;...doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I '11 able 'em : Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal the accuser's lips. Get thee... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1842 - 340 páginas
...And the creature run from the cur ? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority ; a dog 's obeyed in office. Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody...doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I 'll able 'em : Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal the accuser's lips. Get thee... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 páginas
...her. The usurer hangs the cozener. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear'; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong...doth pierce it. None does offend; none, I say, none: I 'll able 'em: Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal the accuser's lips. Get thee... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 páginas
...her. The usurer hangs the cozener. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear'; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong...Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None doesoffend; none, I say, none: I '11 able'em : Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 338 páginas
...office. Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand : Why dost thou lash that whore ? Strip thine owa back; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For...doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I '11 able 'em : Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal the accuser's lips. Get thee... | |
| 1859 - 880 páginas
...which sometimes strikes the judgment-seat in the reflecting light of dazzling gold are notorious. " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it." If such deflection be traceable in the verdict of society, and even in the decisions of the bench,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 páginas
...: A dog's obeyed in office. * * * Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong...Arm it in rags — a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. —King Lear, WOMAN'S LOVE. Julia. OH, know'st thou not his looks are my soul's food! Pity the dearth... | |
| William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 160 páginas
...hardness ever Of hardiness is mother. Proper deformity seems not in the fiend So horrid as in woman. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough ; But riches,... | |
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