 In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text...  The Class Book of Poetry - Page 12by Class-book - 1852 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 512 pages
...deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What...with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament 1 Thus ornament is but the gulled shore To a most dang'rous sea ; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian... | |
 | English drama - 1826 - 502 pages
...deceived with ornament. Tn law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What...Will bless it, and approve it with a text. Hiding thu grossness with fair ornament Î Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dang'rous sea ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...deceiv'd with ornament 7 . In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious 8 voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What...but some sober b'row Will bless it, and approve it 9 with a text, 4 ie dignity of mien. 5 See Ovid. Metaraorph. lib. xi. ver. 199. Malone says, Shakspeare... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 470 pages
...deceiv'd with ornament7. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious8 voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What...error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it9 with a text, 4 ie dignity of mien. 5 See Ovid. Metamorph. lib. xi. ver. 199. Malone says, Shakspeare... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, 6 Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned...error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it7 with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple, but assumes... | |
 | 1827 - 392 pages
...of religion in Germany." THE BUDGET. J. r.llcrs addressed to Mr. Alfred JintlirvIios. LETTER III. " There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts ; The seeming truth which cunning times put on, To entrap the wisest." Shakspeare. October, 1822. Mi... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...deceiv'd with ornament. ID law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What..."Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grpssuess with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...deceiy'd with ornament. Tn raw, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious3 voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow AVill bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...voice, And cover'd with fair specious subtilties, Obscures the show of reason? In religion, What damn'd error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text? There is no vice so artless, but assumes Some mark of virtue on its outward parts, Hiding the grossness... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 pages
...deceiv'd with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What...error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it1 with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament 1 There is no vice so simple, but assumes... | |
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