 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1912 - Broj stranica: 346
...to the English throne, and when the King reminds them of their oath of allegiance, he adds 'it is 3 great sin to swear unto a sin, but greater sin to keep a sinful oath.' Hearing this, the King bids Buckingham defend his cause, while York defies both him and Clifford! The... | |
 | James Moffatt - 1913 - Broj stranica: 252
...king was sorry : nevertheless for the oath's sake . . . he sent and beheaded John in the prison. " It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Who can be bound to any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to rob a man . . . And have no other reason for his wrong... | |
 | 1913 - Broj stranica: 264
...That Ends Well. To keep that oath were more impiety Than Jephtha's, when he sacrific'd his daughter. It is great sin to swear unto a sin; But greater sin, to keep a sinful oath. Shakespeare: 2 Henry VI. War, Battle, Soldiers, Victory; see Peace. To my shame, I see The imminent... | |
 | Alfred Plummer - 1914 - Broj stranica: 472
...(Theoph.). Scelus excusât juramento, ut sub occasione pietatis impius fier et (Bédé) . " A sin it were to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath." Сотр. the отеХ^тат-oj ipxos of Ptolemy Philopator (3 Mace. V. 42). ¿встт}<га1. Lit.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1919 - Broj stranica: 756
...oath were more impiety Than Jephthah's, when he sacrificed his daughter.' — V, i, 89-91; 2 Henry VI: 'It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath." — V, i, 182, 183. [In his quotation of the passage in the present play Wordsworth reads 'Is more... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1919 - Broj stranica: 762
...oath were more impiety Than Jephthah's, when he sacrificed his daughter.' — V, i, 89-91; 2 Henry VI: 'It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.' — V, i, 182, 183. [In his quotation of the passage in the present play Wordsworth reads 'Is more... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - Broj stranica: 1424
...men's faiths are wafercakes, And hold-fast is the only dog. Henry V. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 52. It is a s bore it, Studded with stars Odin's spangled throne, A light inscrut Henry VI. Pt.II. ActV. Sc. 1. L.182. 2 Or, having sworn too hard a keeping oath, Study to break it... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1923 - Broj stranica: 182
...sworn allegiance unto me ? Sal. I have. 180 King. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath? Sal. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater...a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vow 184 To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, To force a spotless virgin's chastity, To reave the orphan... | |
 | 1859 - Broj stranica: 480
...i •••••. „....-... .... -L ' . !. !• • It is a great sin, to swear unto a sm; , .. But greater sin, to keep a sinful oath. • Who can...any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, '• I To force a spotless virgin's chastity, To reave the orphan of his patriinony, To wring the.widow... | |
 | Edna Zwick Boris - 1978 - Broj stranica: 274
...not sworn allegiance unto me? SAL. I have. KING. Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath? SAL. It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. (2H6, 5.1.175-83) The pious Henry's silence on this issue is an apparent admission of his weak position.... | |
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It is great sin to swear unto a sin ., But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 
