 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 oldal
...unto me? Sal. I have. * K. lien. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath? * Sal. It is jrreat sin, to swear unto a sin ; * But greater sin, to keep a sinful oatrr. * Who can be bound by any solemn vow * To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, * To force a spotless... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 oldal
...lofty steed. He to him leapt, in mind to reave his life. Spenser. Who can be bound by any solemn vowTo do a murderous deed, to rob a man. To force a spotless...chastity, ' To reave the orphan of his patrimony, And have no other reason for his wrong Hut that he was bound by a solemn oath ? Shakipearr. But these... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 oldal
...authority, When judges steal themselves. 5 — ii. 2. * Numb, xxxii. 23. \ Motes. J Foolish. 445 It is a great sin, to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 33— v. 3. 446 Borrow'd passion stands for true old woe. 33_iv. 4. 447 Worse than the sun in March,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 oldal
...it: The better act of purposes mistook Is to mistake again, King John. Act iii. Scene 1. Salisbury. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin...solemn vow, To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, To reave the orphan of his patrimony, To wring the widow from her customed right, And have no other reason... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 oldal
..., from year to year, while his family grew np as gaunt and ragged as a crew of gypsies. (Alhambra.) It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. (Shakspeare.) I doubt whether any of our authors have yet been able for twenty lines together, nicely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 470 oldal
...not sworn allegiance unto me? Sal. I have. K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath ? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin , But greater...a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vow fo do a murderous deed , to rob a man , To force a spotless virgin's chastity , To reave the orphan... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 oldal
...not sworn allegiance unto me? Sal. I have. K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with Heaven for such an oath ? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Who can he hound hy any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to roh a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - 1843 - 264 oldal
...vii. If thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. DEUTERONOMY, xxiii. SIN— (continued). It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 2 HENRY VI. T. 1. Then God forgive the sin of all those souls That to their everlasting residence,... | |
 | 1861 - 462 oldal
...wit, that wants resolved will To teach hie wit to exchange the bad for better."1* And again, " Tis a great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath."l « The story of Jephthah and his daughter is the subject of one of Willis' Sacred Poems, which... | |
 | 1847 - 540 oldal
...SWEARING. I. 'Tis not the many oaths that make the truth ; But the plain single vow that is vow'd true. 8. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. SUAKSPEARE. 3. I will die a hundred thousand deaths, Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow. SHAKSPEARE.... | |
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It is great sin to swear unto a sin ., But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 
