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The Plays of William Shakspeare. .... - Page 126
by William Shakespeare - 1800
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...usurer hangs the cozener. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear'; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of...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...
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The Works of Shakespere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...usurer hangs the cozener. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear'; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of...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...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 338 pages
...usurer hangs the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of...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...
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The Christian Witness, and Church Member's Magazine, Volumes 16-17

Theology - 1859 - 880 pages
...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,...
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The Vale of Caldene: Or, The Past and the Present : a Poem, in Six Books

William Dearden - 1844 - 284 pages
...— Through tattered clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin in gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks...: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. Hast thou lived well ? Yea, as a beast, but no more. Thou hast revelled in a gross sensualism ; thou...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...obeyed in office. * * * Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of...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...
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pages
...usurer hangs the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide the isle From her propriety. — What is the matter,...who began this ? on thy love, I charge thee. lago. th' accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes ; And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. SHAKSPEARE. 3. Plate sins in gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks...Arm it in rags — a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Yes, let the traitor die, For sparing justice feeds iniquity. SHAKSPEARE. 5. Justice,...
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Shakespeare Proverbs: Or, The Wise Saws of Our Wisest Poet Collected Into a ...

William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 160 pages
...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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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...sir. cozener. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes, and furred gowns, hide all. 1 Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say none ; I'll able 'em. 9 Take that of me,...
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