 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
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 lehte
...likest God's When mercy seasons justice. SHAKSPEARE. Heav'n has but Our sorrow for our sins, and their delights, To pardon erring man. Sweet mercy seems...would rather want perfection, Than punish to extent. DHTDEN. Sweet mercy is the loveliest flower That heav'n e'er planted in the mind, The test of virtue,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 524 lehte
...sudden, he drops the Pagan, and talks in the sentiments of revealed religion. - -- Heaven has hut 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... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 lehte
...betrayed by one on whose bosom he had " slept secure of injured faith." He can forgive a foe, but not a friend : " Treason is there in its most horrid shape, Where trust is greatest." Herod the Great felt the pang when that dark and horrible secret, as Milman calls it, came to light,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 550 lehte
...betrayed by one on whose bosom he had " slept secure of injured faith." He can forgive a foe, but not a friend : " Treason is there in its most horrid shape, Where trust is greatest." Herod the Great felt the pang when that dark and horrible secret, as Milman calls it, came to light,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1907 - 644 lehte
...Revenge Will cry so loud within me, that my pity Will not be heard for either. Dolla. Heav'n has but Our sorrow for our sins ; and then delights To pardon...: Treason is there in its most horrid shape, Where truth is greatest : and the Soul resign'd Is stabb'd by its own Guards : I'll hear no more ; Hence... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1876 - 536 lehte
...a sudden, he drops the Pagan, and talks in the sentiments of revealed religion. He:iven 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... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 lehte
...wisely and gra, cious 1 y set bounds to it." — id. Henry. d Giles Fleteher. " Heaven has but our sorrow for our sins, and then delights to pardon erring...limits justice, as if there were degrees in infinite : an infinite would rather want perfection, than punish to a Dr. Lyth. A holy life is made up of a... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 lehte
...have balane'd her ; for heaven is in her, And joys which I must never dream of more. Lee, Cas. 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. Dryden, All for Locc. Though my many faults defae'd me, Could... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1881 - 1080 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, All for Love, "Attributes are usually distributed under the three heads of quality, quantity,... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 lehte
...-like shadows — with us in the sunshine, but leave us in the dark. I can forgive A foe but not ... a friend : Treason is there in its most horrid shape, Where trust is greatest ! and the soul resign'd Is stabbed by her own guards. Revile not your friend. Speak well of your friend : of your... | |
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