Bible Sidelights from Shakespeare: Twenty Lay Homilies from Parallel Texts of the Bible and Shakespeare's WorksSaul brothers, 1913 - 72 pages |
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Bible Sidelights from Shakspeare; Twenty Lay Homilies from Parallel Texts of ... William Burgess No preview available - 2015 |
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Abraham Lincoln babes and sucklings Bible in Shakspeare Blessed bring brother brother's blood Burgess called Calvary Chicago Chicago Tribune child Christ Christian church cries crime death deeds divine drama dramatist eagle enemies enter the Kingdom evil Falstaff famine Father fool forgive God's gospel greater hate hath heart heaven Henry Henry VIII hired servants human Iago ical Jesus Joseph Parker Judas judgment justice king kisses Labor Lady Macbeth live Lord lose love dark Luke Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice murderer neglect ness never pardon peace peacemaker Pilate pity Poet postern pray prayer prayerless President McKinley redeems Religion of Ruskin religious repentance Richard Richard II sacrifice says Scene Scripture secret passages seek Shaks Shakspeare's soldier soul sparrow spirit thieves things thirty pieces thou thought tion traitor true truth unto wash wasted weak wealth WILLIAM BURGESS Wisdom wise women words young
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Page 25 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends : But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 18 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 18 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 40 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 46 - THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
Page 53 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him : but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
Page 44 - What hands are here ? ha ! they pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand ? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Page 21 - A certain man had two sons : And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the. portion of goods that falleth to me.
Page 17 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?