 He who the sword of heaven will bear, Should be as holy as severe ; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go ; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing.  Cooper's Works: The Heidenmauer - Page 303by James Fenimore Cooper - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Marilyn L. Williamson - Comedy - 1986 - 200 pages
...justifying the bed trick Vincentio presents the issue in terms of the ruler's morality and hypocrisy: He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go; More nor less to others paying Than by self-offences... | |
 | David Grene - Drama - 1988 - 176 pages
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 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...worst Of those that lawless and incertain thought Imagine howling — 'tis too horrible! (Ill, i) 1 16 ) CH; EBEV; EnRP; NOBE; OBEV; OBNC; PoEL-4; Son The Song of the S Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go; More nor less to others paying Than by self-offenses... | |
 | Russell Jackson, Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1993 - 246 pages
...Isabella. I tried to suggest on the line that the Duke is literally imagining Angelo sentencing himself. He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe. (lines 249-50) This is one of the two short soliloquies the Duke has: the more I did this speech, the... | |
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