 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 740 pages
...thou not swom allegiance unto me? A". 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 be hound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 620 pages
...allegiance unto * Sal. I have. * K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath ? * Sal. ally built by Baynard, a nobleman who (according to Stowe) came in with the conq * Who~can be "bound by any solemn vow * To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, * To force a spotless... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Bible - 1874 - 524 pages
...sense that death was hanging over His devoted head. CHAPTEE XXVIII. THE MURDER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. " It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater...be bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed . . . ? " SHAKESPEARE, 2 Henry VI. v. 2. IT must have been with His human heart full of foreboding... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1874 - 528 pages
...sense that death was hanging over His devoted head. CHAPTEE XXVIII. THE MURDER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. " It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Who can bo bound by any solemn TOW To do a murderous deed . . . P " SHAKESPEARE, 2 Henry VI. v. 2. IT must... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 310 pages
...But vows to every purpose must not hold : Cassandra. Troilus and Cressida, Act v. Sc. 3. Vows [524]. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Salisbury. 2nd Henry VI., Act v. Sc. I. Vows [707]. An idiot holds his bauble for a god And keeps the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 646 pages
...Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; r>ut f , P TOW To do a murd'rous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity, To reave the orphan... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 1146 pages
...allegiance unto me ? Sal. I have. [for such an oath ? K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven Sai. It is a rnurd'rous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity. To reave the orphan of his patrimony.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 516 pages
...allegiance unto me ? Sal. I have. g K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath ? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater...keep a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vowTo do a murderous deed, to rob a man, To reave the orphan of his patrimony, To wring the widow from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 1154 pages
...such an oafh ? K. Hen. Canst thou dispense with heaven Sal. It is a great sin to swear unto a sm ; ain. — [Enter Maria.] How now, my nettle of India ! Mar. murd'rous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity. To reave the orphan of his patrimony,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...Pronounced among the gods, and by an oath, That shook heav'n's whole circumference, confirm'd. MILTON. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. To keep that oath were more impiety Than Jephthah's, when he sacrificed his daughter. SHAKSPEARE. An... | |
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It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 
