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" Certainly in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior, for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith : It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence. "
Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ... - Page 21
by Francis Bacon - 1720 - 448 pages
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...as witb a net." tainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with MB enemy; but in passing it over, even hard by is the house of Kalander, whither we lead you. T sure, saith, It is the glory of .a man to pass by an offense. That which is past is gone, and irrevocable;...
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The Living Age, Volume 272

Literature - 1912 - 870 pages
...with insult: "Certainly in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing It over he Is superior; for It is a prince's part to pardon; and Solomon, I am sure, salth, It l» the glory of a man to paiut bit an offence." He who studies insult, like him who...
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The Warner Library, Volume 2

Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - Literature - 1917 - 698 pages
...of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior: for it is a prince's part to pardon, and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory of a man to pass by an offense." That which is past is gone and irrevocable,...
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Essays, English and American

Raymond Macdonald Alden - American essays - 1920 - 492 pages
...of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Salomon,2 I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offense. That which is past is gone,...
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Handy-book of Literary Curiosities

William S. Walsh - Literary Criticism - 1925 - 1118 pages
...Revenge :" Certainty, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure [in which confidence his lordship was mistaken, for Solomon doth not], saith, " It is the glory...
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Students and Teachers Guide in Thinking and Studying

Howard Leslie Lunt - Thought and thinking - 1925 - 168 pages
...of office. Certainly in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior, for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, 'It is the glory of a man to pass by an offense.' That which is passed is gone and irrevocable,...
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Century Types of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged

George William McClelland - English literature - 1925 - 1178 pages
...of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, longed to see the fight. Within the lists in knightly pride High Home sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an of' His bodily strength was leaving Tiberius, hut...
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Foundations of English Style

Paul Milton Fulcher - English essays - 1927 - 336 pages
...of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence. That which is past is gone, and irrevocable;...
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Elizabethan Verse and Prose (non-dramatic)

George Reuben Potter - English literature - 1928 - 640 pages
...out of office. Certainly in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Salomon, I am sure, saith, "It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence." That which is past is...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 3

Literature - 1909 - 378 pages
...of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence. That which is past is gone, and irrevocable;...
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