 | Thomas John Dibdin - 1815 - 52 pages
...Well, if I was you Charles, I'd go boldly to your old foster father, set old Snaps in a proper light, " to do a great right, do a little wrong, " and curb this cruel guardian of his will." Ban. Or condescend to go and wait for me at the coffee-house opposite, the sign... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...us all to render The deeds of mercy. Justice must be impartial. 1 beseech you, Wrest once the laws to your authority : To do a great right, do a little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. for. It must not be ; there is no power in " Can alter a decree established ; [Venice 'Twill be recorded... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 312 pages
...heart, If that \\ill not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority ; To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this Cruel devil tif his will. 3 Twill be recorded for a precedent ; And many an error by the same example, Will rush... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1816 - 606 pages
...parties, to whom Spain owes nothing, might be ready to exclaim, supposing her pretensions legal, " To do a great right do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will." But the more coolly we examine the legal merits of the question, the more satisfactory will be the... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1816 - 614 pages
...third parties, to whom Spain owes nothing, might be ready to exclaim, supposing her pretensions legal) "To do a great right do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of bis will." But the more coolly we examine the legal merits of the question, the more satisfactory will... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 852 pages
...been miftook, And fame about him have too laviflily Wrefted his meaning and authority. ' Shak. Wrtft once the law to your authority ; To do a great right, do a little wrong. Shot. » WRESTERt nf [from wrejl.] He who * To WRESTLE. *. n. [from wrejl.] i. To contend who fliall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 pages
...If this will not suffice, it must appear Thtit malice bears down truth. 6 And I beseech you. Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right,...little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. for. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 pages
...heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. Par. It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded for a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear, That malice bearsdown truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. Por. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...alteration we ought to adopt. RITSON. 8 — malice bears down truth.] Malice oppresses honesty ; a Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. POR. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded... | |
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I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong,... 
