Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then... The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Page 399edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...brother is a forfeit of the law, And you but waste your words. Isab. Alas, alas ! Why, all the soula that were, were forfeit once ; And He, that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think... | |
| 1904 - 926 pages
...visible Makes the Creator unto every creature, Let us set beside these such passages as Shakespeare's — Alas, alas! Why, all the souls that were were forfeit...might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy; ! or Shelley's— Life, like a dome of many-colored glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity; I... | |
| 1878 - 892 pages
...in words, and deeds, and sufferings, which at length culminated in the atoning death of the cross. " All the souls that were were forfeit once ; And He...might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy. " Moved by intense sympathy with men, His life of omnipotence became the life of sacrifice. " He was... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 370 pages
...have kissed each other." — Psalm Ixxxv. 10. (118.) Thus, Shakspeare, Measure for Measure, act ii. " Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once, And...the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy." " It is certain that we cannot conceive any possible mode, except the revealed mode through the sacri&ce... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...whether it is whole or not. so, men are known by speeches and actions, whether they are true oj foolish. All the souls that were, were forfeit once, And He,...the 'vantage best have took, Found out the remedy. How would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should Hul judge you as you are? O, thiuk on... | |
| John Mason Neale - 1845 - 354 pages
...one passage : it was, methinks, in a certain play called Measure for Measure. Stay, it runneth thus : Why all the souls that were, were forfeit once, And...That might the vantage best have took, Found out the rausom. I have but a poor memory, I fear me; but worse doctrine hath been preached ere now than is... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 378 pages
...Ixxxv. 10. (118.) Thus, Shakspeare, Measure for Measure, act ii. " Why, all the souls that \\ ere, were forfeit once, And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy." "It is certain that we cannot conceive any possible mode, except the revealed mode through the sacrifice... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...speeches and actions, whether they are wise or foolish. All the souls that were, were forfeit on«, And He, that might the 'vantage best have took, Found out the remedy. How would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should Tim judge you as you are? O, think on... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...And what a prisoner. Aug. Yonr brother is a forfeit of the law, And you but waste your words. Isab. Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit...the 'vantage best have took, Found out the remedy. How would you be, If He who is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O. think on that... | |
| Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 582 pages
...punislunent, pardon upon his repentant and sorrowing fellows ; as Shakspeare beautifully expresses it: — " Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit...the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy. How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on... | |
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