He arrests him on it;
And follows close the rigour of the statute,
To make him an example.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure
-- Act i, Sc. 4
And follows close the rigour of the statute,
To make him an example.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure
-- Act i, Sc. 4
Related:
- I hold you as a thing ensky'd and sainted.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Measure for Measure -- Act i, Sc.... - He was ever precise in promise-keeping.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Measure for Measure -- Act i, Sc.... - Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure... - O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure... - Who may, in the ambush of my name, strike home.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure... - The jury, passing on the prisoner's life,
May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two
Guiltier than him they try.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure... - A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth; one who never feels
The wanton stings and motions of the sense.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure... - Our compell'd sins
Stand more for number than for accompt.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure... - Come not within the measure of my wrath.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- Act v, Sc....
