| 1871 - 524 páginas
...bucks, and numerous other irregularities. Wil. S. Most truly spoken — 'tis the way o' the world — That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier were foul blasphemy. Queen E. Ere we decide, we'll have another proof; Putting the wits of all now... | |
| Robert Brown - 1873 - 712 páginas
...Murder by a chief is not so bad as a petty theft committed by a person of low degree. In a word, " That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy." Only a few crimes are considered serious — such as theft, adultery, abduction, witchcraft infringement... | |
| Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 páginas
...Shakespeare. ARROGANCE. Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them ; But, in the less, foul profanation. That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. Shakespeare. Direct not him whose way himself will choose ; 'Tis breath thou lack'st, and that breath... | |
| James Grant - 1875 - 720 páginas
...a loud voice, ' Silence !' to check the rising retort of the other. " As Shakespeare has it — " ' That in the captain's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is rank blasphemy.' And so it came to pass that whenever Ernslie ventured to remonstrate, his oppressor... | |
| William Shakespeare, Oscar Asche - 1906 - 280 páginas
...with ourself: Great men may jest with saints ; 'tis wit in them, But in the less foul profanation. That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. Ang. Why do you put these sayings upon me ? Isab. Because authority, though it err like others, Hath... | |
| James Beresford Atlay - 1906 - 504 páginas
...phrases. VOL. I. O military hierarchy, and broadly suggested the familiar lines : That in the captain 's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. The very offences of drunkenness and gallantry, which were part of the routine of an officer's existence... | |
| Sir Spenser St. John - 1908 - 328 páginas
...regarded it : Great men may jest with saints ; 'tis wit in them, But in the leas fool profanation. That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. . . . Authority, though it err like others, Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself, That skins the vice... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1908 - 132 páginas
...made. Great men may jest with saints : 't is wit in them : But in the less, foul profanation. . . . That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. Measure far Measure, II. ii. AUGUST TWELFTH Here 's flowers for you : Hot lavender, mints, savory,... | |
| Canadian Bankers' Association - 1908 - 376 páginas
...apt to overlook breaches of the bylaws by popular or influential members: " That in the Captain 's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy." The discussion of religion or politics or both is forbidden in s great many social clubs, but how often... | |
| Sir Herbert Maxwell - 1910 - 452 páginas
...hands of Melbourne and Normanby ; it was another to entrust it to Peel and de Grey." 1 In short — " That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is rank blasphemy." In the Arms Act Sir Spencer Walpole recognised the hand, not of O'Connell's " base,... | |
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