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" We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Illustrated ; Embracing a Life of ... - Page 346
by William Shakespeare - 1850 - 38 pages
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...the nose. SHAKSPEARE. Pity is the virtue of the law, And none but tyrants use it cruelly. SHAKSPEARE. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. SHAKSPEARE. Those many had not dared to do that evil If the first man that did th' edict infringe Had...
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A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...— Shakespeare. Pity is the virtue of the law, Ami none but tyrants use it cruelly. — Shakespfare. His throne, And there my guilt confess ; I'll tell...He will admit my plea, Perhaps will hear my prayer — Shakespeare. The good need fear no law ; It is his safety, and the bad man's awe. — J-jnstm....
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The Vale of Cedars, Or, The Martyr: A Story of Spain in the Fifteenth Century

Grace Aguilar - 1877 - 330 pages
...for idle pomp, but as a tribute from the gratitude of a sovereign and a nation's love. CHAPTER XVII. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. ESCALUS. Aye, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Thau fall and bruise to death." SHAKSPEARE....
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...the nose. SHAKSPEARE. Pity is the virtue of the law, And none but tyrants use it cruelly. SHAKSPEARE. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. SHAKSPEARE. Those many had not dared to do that evil If the first man that did th' edict infringe Had...
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The Complete Dramatic and Poetical Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1879 - 494 pages
...Angela's house. Enter Angelo, Escalus, and a Justice, Provost, Officers, and otlier Attendants, behind. Ang. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting...And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their i>erch and not their terror. Escal. Ay, but yet Tx-t us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall,...
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The Student's Shakespeare: Thirty-seven Plays, Analyzed and Topically ...

William Shakespeare - 1880 - 668 pages
...wrong, How can the- law forbid my tongue to curse? KJ, Ill : 1. 608. LAWS. — Unexecuted, Despised. Ang. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. if. ЛГ., П: 1. 143. Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs...
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Annals of the Boodeys in New England: Together with Lessons of ..., Volume 163

Robert Boodey Caverly - 1880 - 346 pages
...far is a profitable success. In practice, he proclaims and verifies the axioms of the poet, that " We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom Make it their perch, and not their terror. There is no power in Venice, Can alter a deed established. 'T will be recorded as a precedent ; And...
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Blackie's comprehensive school series, Issue 7

Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 178 pages
...As proofs of holy writ. 18. The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails. 19. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. 20. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place...
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Wisconsin Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Volume 42

Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - 1880 - 764 pages
...shut my eyes upon the statute, and so to concur in any judgment upholding such a contract; thus making A scare-crow of the law, Setting it up to fear the...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. For if this judgment were to be upheld, the respondent could have had judgment compelling the appellant...
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Proceedings of the Annual Session of the Bar Association of Tennessee

Tennessee Bar Association - 1914 - 1764 pages
...attended without the solicitation and persuasion heretofore necessary to make them representative. "We must not make a scare-crow of the law Setting...custom make it Their perch and not their terror." In the xvords of Webster: "The Law: It has honored us, may we honor it." (Great Applause.) THE PRESIDENT...
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