 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...tiie murder, My crown, my own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain th' offence ? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...shove by justice ; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itsel? Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above : There is no shuffling ; there the action lies In its... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...pa'rdoned, and retaHn the offe'nce ? In the corrup'ted-currents of this w'orld, Offence's gilded haW/ may shove by Jus'tice ; And oft 'tis se'en, the wicked prize itself/ Buys ou't the law's. But 'ti's not so aboVe. The're/ is no sh'uffling ; the're/ the action lies'/ In its tr'ue nature,... | |
 | James Tunstead Burtchaell - Religion - 1998 - 356 pages
...queen. May one be pardoned and retain th' offense? In the corrupted currents of this world Offense's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen...prize itself Buys out the law, but 'tis not so above: . . . My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.9 Obviously... | |
 | Natalio Fernández Marcos - Religion - 1993 - 1008 pages
...murder, — My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain the offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compcll'd. Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? what rests?... | |
 | Lawrence Schoen - Fiction - 2001 - 240 pages
...murder, — My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain the offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? what rests?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 304 pages
...did the murder: My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain th'offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell' d, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? What rests?... | |
 | Jan H. Blits - Drama - 2001 - 420 pages
...he says. Before answering his own question, Claudius compares justice in this world and in the next: In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. (3.3.57-60) In this world, it is possible to have things both ways. Justice can be bought, especially... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 212 pages
...May one be pardoned and retain th' offense? 56 In the corrupted currents of this world 58 Offense's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself 60 Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above. 61 There is no shuffling; there the action lies In his... | |
 | Ewan Fernie - Drama - 2002 - 292 pages
...clean, but cannot forsake the fruits of sin: his crown, his Gertrude. And yet he acknowledges quietly: In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...true nature, and we ourselves compelFd Even to the truth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence. (3.3.60-4) This is an anticipation of the day... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1995 - 340 pages
...the murder, My crown, mine own ambition, and my Queen. May one be pardoned and retalo th'offence ? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...prize itself Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above. M There is no shuffling. There the action lies la his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, Even... | |
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In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law... 
