 | Mary Cecil Hay - 1875 - 392 pages
...other, written evidently by the hand which penned both papers, was— "MARGARET TERRIT." CHAPTER XXXIV. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. SHAKESPEARE. ONE o'clock ! The bell of St. Paul's 'clanged out the note like the opening chord of a... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1877 - 532 pages
...devoted head. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MCRDEE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. " It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; Bnt greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vOW To do a murderous deed . . . ? " ; SHAKESPEARE, 2 Henry VI. v. 2. i IT must have been with His human heart full of foreboding... | |
 | Robert Cartwright - 1877 - 60 pages
...2. First Part. " A dozen of them heere have tane the Sacrament." Richard II., act v. sc. 2. Sal. " It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oath." Henry VI., act v. sc. 1. Second Part. Princess. " "Tis deadly sin to keep that oath, my lord, And sin... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...it : Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made ? — BUTLER, Hudibras. — It is a sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oАТH. SHAKESPERE, Heury VL — To keep that OATH were more impiety Than Jephtha's, when he sacrificed... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Literary Criticism - 1878 - 788 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. SHAKSPKARE. An... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - Quotations, English - 1878 - 360 pages
...it : Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made ? — BUTLER, Hudibras. — It is a sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful OATH. SHAKESPERE, Henry VI. — To keep that OATH were more impiety Than Jephtha's, when he sacrificed his... | |
 | Frederic Amadeus Malleson - 1880 - 436 pages
...of the prisoner, whose stern reproofs had made her tremble. Our great poet has said : — " It is a great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to...keep a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn oath To do a murderous deed ?" — a Henry VI., vi 1 The abominable connections of these Herods with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 668 pages
...Proteus. Luc. All these are servants to deceitful men. Т. в., II: 7. W. — Sinful may be Broken. Sal. It is great sin, to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin, to keep a sinful oath. Who can he bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Bible - 1881 - 168 pages
...holy, that we swear not by, But take the Highest to witness. All's Well that Ends Well, iv. 8. It is a great sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin, to...be bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed. Henry VI.—Part t—v. 1. + OPPORTUNITY. * The means that heaven yields must be embraced, And not... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...the many oaths that make the truth ; But the plain single vow that is vow'd true. Sh. All's W. iv. 2. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Sh. Hen. VI. 2, v. 1. To keep that oath were more impiety, Than Jephtha's, when he saerifie'd his daughter.... | |
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It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 
