 Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.  The Emerald - 30. oldal1806Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1905 - 330 oldal
...eliminate them, you cannot escape them. You can diminish them by dominating them.— BATTEN'S Wedge. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out. — BACON. Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument... | |
 | 1898 - 592 oldal
...to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other." "Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out." — Then follows without pause a wealth of wisdom upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 272 oldal
...for their own ends. IV OF REVENGE REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth out offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking... | |
 | Joel Hastings Metcalf - 1909 - 178 oldal
...I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven. — MATTHEW xviii. 21, 22. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. — Francis Bacon. Ivan was a Russian peasant, strong,... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 oldal
...suitor's drinking habits), " Pish not, with this melancholy bait, for this fool gudgeon, this opinion", "Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out ". 521. A mixed Metaphor is one in which comparisons from... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1909 - 368 oldal
...pressure of consciences, were commonly interessed therein themselves for their own ends. IV OF REVENGE REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law;... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 oldal
...it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. Extincius amabitur idem.' IV. OF REVENGE Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law;... | |
 | George Walter Steeves - 1910 - 272 oldal
...with apt quotation and metaphor. His Essay Of Revenge is a good illustration of this, which begins : " Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out." And again, his Meditations had led him to the sayings... | |
 | 1911 - 208 oldal
...to find another who can say as much in as few words as Sir Francis says in one of his short papers. Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law;... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1957 - 72 oldal
...amount available." V We denied a rule of law to Germany. Over 300 years ago, Francis Bacon observed : "Revenge is a kind of wild justice: which the more man's nature runs to, the me. re ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law,... | |
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