 Heaven has but Our sorrow for our sins ; and then delights To pardon erring man : Sweet mercy seems Its darling attribute, which limits justice ; . • As if there were degrees in infinite, And infinite would rather want perfection,. * Than punish to...  The British drama - Page 210by British drama - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - 1854 - 426 lehte
...the well-known drama that ensued, needs no amplification. She imitated Heaven, which asks but " Our sorrow for our sins, and then delights To pardon erring...would rather want perfection Than punish to extent." Her " quality of mercy " dropped like the gentle rain upon the arid soul of Edward, parched with the... | |
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - 1854 - 452 lehte
...which asks but " Our sorrow for our sins, and then delights To pardon erring man. Sweet mercy seema Its darling attribute, which limits justice ; As if...would rather want perfection Than punish to extent." Her " quality of mercy" dropped like the gentle rain upon the arid soul of Edward, parched with the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 528 lehte
...sudden, he drops the Pagan, and talks in the sentiments of revealed religion. • — Heaven has but Our sorrow for our sins, and then delights To pardon erring man : sweet mercy seems Its darling attribute,whieh limits justice; As if there were degrees in infinite ; And infinite would rather want... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 lehte
...bolane'd her ; for heaven is in her, And joys whieh I must never dream of more. Lefs Casar Borgia. I ean forgive A foe, but not a mistress, and a friend :...horrid shape, Where trust is greatest ! and the soul resign'd, Is stabb'd by her own guards. Dryden's AU for Love. Fatally fair they are, and in their smiles... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 536 lehte
...a sudden, he drops the Pagan, and talks in the sentiments of revealed religion. Heaven has but Our sorrow for our sins, and then delights To pardon erring...would rather want perfection Than punish to extent " I might show several faults of the same nature, in the celebrated Aurenge-Zebe. The impropriety of... | |
 | 1856 - 570 lehte
...dFrtntirsfup. — Lee. GREAT Souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand Alliance, and in Friendship burn. I CAN forgive A Foe, but not a Mistress, and a Friend...horrid shape, Where trust is greatest ! and the Soul resign'd Is stabb'd by her own guards. , — Fuller. not a Bosom Friend of a melancholy soul : he'll... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 lehte
...heaven is in her, And joys whieh I must never dream of more. Lr,'n Cr.sm- Borgia. I ean forgive A fee, but not a mistress, and a friend : Treason is there...horrid shape, Where trust is greatest ! and the soul resign'd, Is stabb'd by her own guards. Dryden's All for Love. Fatally fair they are, and in their... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 912 lehte
...ATTRIBUTE (attribuo, to apportion, to ascribe), is anything that can be predicated of another. " Heaven delights To pardon erring man ; sweet mercy seems Its darling attribute, which limits justice." Dryden, AV far Low.. "Attributes are usually distributed under the three heads of quality, quantity,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 lehte
...a sudden, he drops the Pagan, and talks in the sentiments of revealed religion. Heav'n has but Our sorrow for our sins, and then delights To pardon erring...would rather want perfection Than punish to extent. " I might show several faults of the same nature in the celebrated Aurenge-Zebe. The impropriety of... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 lehte
...have balanc'd her ; for heaven is in her, And joys which I must never dream of more. Lee, Coes. Borg. I can forgive A foe, but not a mistress, and a friend...horrid shape Where trust is greatest ! and the soul resign'd, Is stabb'd by her own guards. Dr-yden, All for Love. Though my many faults defac'd me, Could... | |
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