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" And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. "
The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory Prefaces to ... - Page 71
by William Shakespeare - 1798
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...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, do a little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. POR. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter...
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Etymologicon universale; or, Universal etymological ..., Volume 2; Volume 30

Walter Whiter - 1822 - 768 pages
...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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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 pages
...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, do a little -wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will." • Many causes were sent out, or kept out of court by the...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

1822 - 384 pages
...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, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will." Many causes were sent out, or kept out of court by the mercy...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Measure for ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
.... If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth.6 And I Beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right, do a little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. For. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 pages
...: 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; And curb this cruel devil of his will. For. Itmustnotbe; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree...
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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson and Stevens [sic ...

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear [you, That malice bears down truth. And 1 beseech Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong; And curb this crnet devil of his will. Por. It must not be; there is no power In Can alter a decree...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech yon, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right, do a little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. Por. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Part 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...heart: If this \villnotsullice, 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 ; And curb this cruel devil of his will ! For. It must not be ; there is no power iu Venica Can alter...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...No judge indifferent, nor no more assurance Of equal friendship and proceeding. I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right, do a little wrong. If I shall be condemn'd Upon sunnises ; all proofs sleeping else, But what your jealousies await ;...
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