 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder!—Pray I cannot, Though inclination be as sharp as 'twill, 5 My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent: And like...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood; 10 Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, To... | |
 | George Field - 1835 - 310 Seiten
...beautie shine th as the morning clear With silver dew upon the roses pearling. SPENSER'S COL. CLO. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself...enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? HAMLET, Act in. Sc. 3. To thee, sweet smiling maid, I bring The beauteous progeny of spring; In every... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 Seiten
...it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal, eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder ! — Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will ; * My...heavens, To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence ? And what's in prayer, but this twofold force, — To... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 Seiten
...eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder ! — Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will ; 2 My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent ; And,...heavens, To wash it white as snow ; Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence ? And what's in prayer but this two-fold force, — To... | |
 | Lyman Beecher - 1836 - 260 Seiten
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 | Lyman Beecher - 1836 - 250 Seiten
...language as men in every situation use it, as he is for delineation of character — I cannot. Tho' inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt...pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.' ' But O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn ? Forgive me my foul murd er ! That cannot be; since... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 Seiten
...curse upon 't — A brother's murder ! — Pray, I cannot, Though inclination be as sharp as 'twill, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent ; And,...heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence ? And what's in prayer, but this twofold force, To be... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder! — Pray I cannot, Though inclination be as sharp as 'twill, 5 My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent: And like...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood; 10 Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 Seiten
...eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder ! — Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will ; l My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent ; And,...heavens, To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence ? And what's in prayer, but this twofold force, — To... | |
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Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself... 
