 | Abraham John Valpy - 1816 - 606 页
...parties, to whom Spain owes nothing, might be ready to exclaim, supposing her pretensions legal, " To do a great right do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will." But the more coolly we examine the legal merits of the question, the more satisfactory will be the... | |
 | 1816 - 852 页
...been miftook, And fame about him have too laviflily Wrefted his meaning and authority. ' Shak. Wrtft once the law to your authority ; To do a great right, do a little wrong. Shot. » WRESTERt nf [from wrejl.] He who * To WRESTLE. *. n. [from wrejl.] i. To contend who fliall... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1816 - 614 页
...third parties, to whom Spain owes nothing, might be ready to exclaim, supposing her pretensions legal) "To do a great right do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of bis will." But the more coolly we examine the legal merits of the question, the more satisfactory will... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 页
...heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. Par. It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 页
...heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear, That malice bearsdown truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. Por. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded for a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 页
...alteration we ought to adopt. RITSON. 8 — malice bears down truth.] Malice oppresses honesty ; a Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. POR. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded for a... | |
 | 1822 - 384 页
...the language of Bassanio : " It must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority ; To do a great right,...little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will." Many causes were sent out, or kept out of court by the mercy of this legal discovery, which was probably... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 页
...in the language of Bassanio : "It must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority ; To do a great right,...little -wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will." • Many causes were sent out, or kept out of court by the mercy of this legal discovery, which was... | |
 | 1822 - 382 页
...promote the glory more than the happiness of his people. CHAP. V. -I beseech you Wrest once the laws to your authority ; To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. ROCHESTER, on quitting his friend Overbury, tripped lightly along the Mall... | |
 | Walter Whiter - 1822 - 768 页
...WRESTED or Perverted from its proper state, or its due and right course : " And I beseech you, " WREST once the law to your authority "To do a great right, do a little WRONG." The English Round, and its parallels, as produced by the Etymologists, Rond, (Fr.) the Teutonic Rundt,... | |
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I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong,... 
