 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 pages
...usurer hangs the cozener. 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, friend ; make much of it ; It has the power to seal the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 534 pages
...propriety and elegance : 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 straw doth pierce it. We are moved to find that Lear has some faint knowledge of his old and... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
...possessions ! How finely the undue advantages of wealth and power are depicted in the tragedy of Lear : — " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ; Clothe it in rags, a pigmy straw doth pierce it." And again : " Through tatter' d clothes small vices... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...kind For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener. 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 : 5 Take that of me, my friend,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 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 : Ann it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I'll able 'em... | |
 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1835 - 486 pages
...is the thief?' ' Through tattered clothes small vices do appear : Robes, and furred 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 found Corrall, and his wife and child, at No. 3, Bishop's Place, Copenhagen Street.... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1835 - 486 pages
...is the thief?' 1 Through tattered clothes small vices do appear : Robes, and furred 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 found Corral), and his wife and child, at No. 3, Bishop's Place, Copenhagen Street.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 414 pages
...describes the partiality with which worldly favour regards the same action in different circumstances — " Plate sin with gold, " And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it." Prejudice is a complex term, by which we designate the state of a man's mind, which... | |
 | Henry L. Bowen - 1835 - 412 pages
...the rich man. Mr. Burrill started from his seat, and addressed the Court, in the language of Lear : " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of Justice hurtless breaks; Clothe it in rags, a pigmy straw will pierce it." A motion was made in .Court for a continuance of... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1836 - 496 pages
...imputed to more regular systems of law, of dealing out different measures to the poor and to the rich. " Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it." the protection of armour at home. A feudal baron, living in a fortified castle, never... | |
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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. 
