 Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits,...  Poems - Page 228by William Cowper - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 206 pages
...him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn. COWPER. DUEL, DUELLIST, DUELLING. 1. A COMBAT between two ; a single fight. 2. A single combatant.... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 200 pages
...him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn. COWPEB. DUEL, DUELLIST, DUELLING. 1. A COMBAT between two ; a single fight. 2. A single combatant.... | |
 | T B. M - 1844 - 274 pages
...that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none — being ripe...commits, — Shall seek it and not find it in his turn. — COWPEH. TBM March, 1844. THE LONG-EARED BAT THE HHDGE-HOG Page 123 3 THE GOLDEN EAGLE . 125 THE... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 548 pages
...him that «hows it is the rule And righteous limitation of Us act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage Tie commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn." We go further, and say, indeed, that, while... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...that shows it,1 is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn. Cowper. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DESERT." AFAR in the desert I love to ride, With the silent bushboy alone... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn ! Distinguished much by reason, and still more By our capacity of Grace divine, From creatures, that... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...And rixhteoui limitation of its aft, By which AMWI mom, in pardoning guilty man. And Ac, that lAoutt none, (being ripe in years, And conscious — of the outrage he commits,) Shall Mtk it, and not find it, in hit him. Kii toonfa — are bonds ; hi* oaths — are oracles ; HiiloM... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heav'n moves in pard'ning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...his turn. Distinguish'd much by reason, and still mor By our capacity of grace divine, From creatures, that exist but for our sake, Which having serv'd... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Christian life - 1847 - 500 pages
...that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn." Generosity. — In the study of the Jewish economy, you will find many things powerfully calculated... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - Readers - 1847 - 156 pages
...that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pard'ning guilty man: And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn. 57. " What beautiful sentiments!" cried William; " and they are as true as they are beautiful ! And... | |
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