 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 472 pages
...sworn allegiance unto me? Sal. I have. K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath ? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin , But greater...a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vow fo do a murderous deed , to rob a man , To force a spotless virgin's chastity , To reave the orphan... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...sworn allegiance unto me? Sal. I have. K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with Heaven for such an oath ? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Who can he hound hy any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to roh a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, F. B. Watson - 1843 - 264 pages
...vii. If thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. DEUTERONOMY, xxiii. SIN— (continued). It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 2 HENRY VI. T. 1. Then God forgive the sin of all those souls That to their everlasting residence,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...SWEARING. I. 'Tis not the many oaths that make the truth ; But the plain single vow that is vow'd true. 8. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. SUAKSPEARE. 3. I will die a hundred thousand deaths, Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow. SHAKSPEARE.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 558 pages
...sworn allegiance unto me ? SAL. I have. K. HEN. Canst thou dispense with Heaven for such an oath ? SAL. It is great sin, to swear unto a sin ; But greater...sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn VOW To do a murtherous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity. To reave the orphan of his patrimony,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 556 pages
...Canst thou dispense with Heaven for such an oath ? , SAL. It is great sin, to swear unto a sin ; V.'r- But greater sin, to keep a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vow To do a murtherous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity, To reave the orphan of his patrimony,... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 564 pages
...cannot bear a jest, should never make one. To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. Sh. It is a great sin to swear unto a sin; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Ed. Profane swearing is impious, coarse, and vulgar depravity. [See 647.] 919. SYMPATHY. Cowper. But... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...But who would care the thing to view That wants the gloss of novelty. AMn. OATH. OBEDIENCE. 457 OATH. IT is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Sliakspere. Oaths are but words, and words but wind, Too feeble instruments to bind. ***** He that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...compell'd sins Stand more for number than account. 5 — ii. 4. 761. 'T is sin to natter. 23— v. 6762. It is great sin, to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 22 — v. 1. 763. Pew love to hear the sins they love to act. 33— i. 1. 764. Sin, gathering head,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 476 pages
...dispense with heaven for such an oath ? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to kcep a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous dced, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity, To reave the orphan of his patrimony, To... | |
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It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 
