 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 414 sider
...describes the partiality with which worldly favour regards the same action in different circumstances — " Plate sin with gold, " And the strong lance of justice...breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it." Prejudice is a complex term, by which we designate the state of a man's mind, which is unfavourable... | |
 | Henry L. Bowen - 1835 - 412 sider
...the rich man. Mr. Burrill started from his seat, and addressed the Court, in the language of Lear : " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of Justice hurtless breaks; Clothe it in rags, a pigmy straw will pierce it." A motion was made in .Court for a continuance of... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1836 - 496 sider
...imputed to more regular systems of law, of dealing out different measures to the poor and to the rich. " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it." the protection of armour at home. A feudal baron, living in a fortified castle, never going out except... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1836 - 518 sider
...imputed to more regular systems of law, of dealing out different measures to the poor and to the rich. " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it." the protection of armour at home. A feudal baron, living in a fortified castle, never going out except... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 sider
...Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the 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... | |
 | Albany Fonblanque - 1837 - 428 sider
...away the palm of propriety and of eloquence from the Duke. BRUTALITIES OF THE HIGH AND LOW COMPARED. " Plate Sin with gold, And the strong lance of Justice, hurtless, breaks ; Clothe it in rags, a pigmy's rush doth pierce it." THE Duke of Wellington made a parade of his person... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 sider
...Judgment governed by circumstances. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong...: 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 sider
...archers to aim at. S78 KING LEAR. «79 Through tatter'd clothes small vires do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtlcss breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. If one does »I lend, none, I say,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 sider
...Judgment gammed by circumstances. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong...: 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 sider
...Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the 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... | |
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Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. 
