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" Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it. "
Familiar Proverbial and Select Sayings from Shakspere - Page 95
by William Shakespeare, John B. Marsh - 1863 - 162 pages
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...M-itLtnuitiiiil Maaii. To A'Big. v a. To make able ; to enable, which is the word commonly usedSec ENABLE. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: A;:r, it with rags, a pigmy's straw dotli pierce it. N'rae does offend, n.oiie, I say none ; I'll able...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...hangs the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hides all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I'll able 'em : Take that of me, my friend, who...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...hangs the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I'll able 'em : Take that of me, my friend, who...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...45 the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. famous through the world. Men. We'llsetthy statue...some holy place, And have thee reverenc'd like a doth pierce it. None does offend, none, Isay,none; Pllable'em': Take that of me, my friend, who have...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...hangs the coz'ner. — Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and fur-gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. — Why, there 'tis for thee, my friend ; make much of it; It has the power to seal...
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The British Essayists;: Adventurer

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 336 pages
...propriety and elegance : Through tatter'd cloaths small vices do appear ; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. We are moved to find that Lear has some faint knowledge of his old and faithful courtier....
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King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 432 pages
...hangs the coz'ner. — Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and fur-gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. — Why, there 'tis for thee, my friend ; make much of it; It has the power to seal...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 pages
...author wrote plated:— cunning superinduced, thinly spread over. So, in this play : " — — — Plate sin with gold, " And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks." But the word nnfuIJ, and the following lines in our author's Rape of Lucrece, show, tint plaited, or...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...the author wrote plated: — cunning superinduced, thinly spread over. So, in this play : " — — Plate sin with gold, " And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks." But the word uofold, and the following Hues in our author's Rape ofLucrece, show, that plaited, or...
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Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. gold, None does offend, none, I say, none; I'll able em : 4 Take that of me, my friend,...
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