 | 1857 - 280 pages
...In the corrupted currents of this world, Offense's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 't is seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the law ; but...then ? What rests ? Try what repentance can. What can it not 1 Yet what can it, when one can not repent? Oh, wretched state ! Oh, bosom black as death!... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 352 pages
...hand may shove by justice, And oft 't is seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 't is not so above: There is no shuffling, there the action...What then? what rests? Try what repentance can: what can it not? Yet what can it, when one cannot repent? 0 wretched state! 0 bosom, black as death! 0 limed... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence 1 And what 's in prayer, but this twofold force, — To be forestalled,...then ? What rests ? Try what repentance can : what can it not ? Yet what can it, when one can not repent ? O wretched state ! O bosom black as death !... | |
 | William Lowes Rushton - Law - 1858 - 60 pages
...past depth To those that, without heed, do plunge into it." Tim<m of A them, Act 3, Scene 5. KINO. " Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft...compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 8. SECOND FISHERMAN. " Help, master, help; here 'sa fish hangs in the net, like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen, the wicked purse itself Buys out the law * ; but 'tis not so above...then ? what rests ? Try what repentance can : what can it not ? Yet what can it, when one can not repent P Oh wretched state ! Oh bosom, black as death... | |
 | H. O. Apthorp - Elocution - 1858 - 312 pages
...still possessed Of those effects for which I did the murder, My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's...the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compelled, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then ? what rests... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...queen. May one be pardoned, and retain the offense ? In the corrupted currents of this world, Offense's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen,...action lies In his true nature ; and we ourselves compelled, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? What rests?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood ? Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow...then ? what rests ? Try what repentance can : what can it not ? Yet what can it, when one cannot repent ? O wretched state ! 0 bosom, black as death !... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...hand may shove by justice; And oft 't is seen the wicked prize1" itself Buys out the law : but 't is pleasure ; Let us be jocund : will you troll the catch can it not ? Yet what can it, when one can not repent ? O, wretched state ! O, bosom, black as death... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...hand may shove by justice ; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize ь itself Buys out the law : but 't is not so above ; There is no shuffling, — there the...What then? what rests? Try what repentance can : what can it not ? Yet what can it, when one can not repent ? O, wretched state ! O, bosom, black as death!... | |
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I'll look up; My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?' That cannot be; since I am still possess'd Of those effects for which I did the murder, My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd... 
