 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 640 Seiten
...ill relenting sweetness) Be not enrag'd, nor be not anjrry with me; The greatest attribute of He av'n is mercy, And 'tis the crown of Justice, and the glory, Where it may kill with right, tnsave with pity. Cat. Why do you kneel ? I know you come to mock me, [me, To upbraid me with the benefits... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 574 Seiten
...attribute of Heav'a is mercy, And 'tis the crown of Justice, and the glory, \\~hereitmaykillwithright, to save with pity. Cal. Why do you kneel ? I know you come to mock me, [me, To upbraid me with the benefits you've given Which are too many, and too mighty, sir, For my return;... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 Seiten
...So the second folio. — The tint folio "his grace*" ; uid so Sympson alone of the modern editors. (You are the saint I tread these holy steps to, And...Cal. Why do you kneel ? I know you come to mock me, To upbraid me with the benefits you have given me, Which are too many and too mighty, sir, For my return... | |
 | 1845 - 480 Seiten
...good moral precept instilled into his barren mind. " The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy, . Aud 'tis the crown of justice and the glory, Where it may kill with right, to save with pity." Public decency cries aloud for the extinction of capital punishment, and the substitution of an efficient... | |
 | 1847 - 526 Seiten
...confer on generous minds. DRYDEN. DKYDEN. ROWE. 8. The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy, And 't is the crown of justice, and the glory, Where it may kill with right, to save with pity. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. 9. He, that is merciful Unto the bad, is cruel to the good. RANDOLPH. 10. Those... | |
 | 1847 - 540 Seiten
...confer on generous minds. DRYDEN. DRY DEN. ROWE. 8. The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy, And 't is the crown of justice, and the glory, Where it may kill with right, to save with pity. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. 9. He, that is merciful Unto the bad, is cruel to the good. RANDOLPH. 10. Those... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shakspere. The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy, And 't is the crown of justice, and the glory, Where it may kill with right, to save with pity. Beaumont and Fletcher. He 'sa bad surgeon, that, for pity, spares The part corrupted, till the gangrene... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 Seiten
...power." That power, too, heard from their lips such words as " The greatest attribute of Heaven ia mercy ; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory,...Where it may kill with right, to save with pity." Members of religious orders seem constantly led, by a sort of generous prejudice in favour of human... | |
 | George C. Crum - 1854 - 238 Seiten
...he delight more than its exercise. Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. " The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy, And 'tis the crown of justice and the glory, Where it may crush with right, to save with pity." To us guilty sinners God has shown infinite mercy. The gift of... | |
 | 1891 - 444 Seiten
...people, turn from this offensive pageantry of crime and give ear to "The still, sad music of HUMANITY." " The greatest attribute of HEAVEN is MERCY; and 'tis the crown of justice and the glory, when it may kill with right, to save with pity." CHEESE AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET. [Extract from lecture... | |
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The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy; And 'tis the Crown of Justice, and the glory Where it may kill with right, to save with pity. 
