To do him good ? Lucio. Assay the power you have. ISAB. My power ! Alas, I doubt,— Lucio. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. Go to lord Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, The Works of Shakespeare - Page 662by William Shakespeare - 1863Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...In time the rod Becomes more mock'd than fear'd. 540. AUTHORITY weakened by Ostentation. 541. FEAR. Our doubts are traitors; And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. 542. WOMEN THEIR POWEE. When Maidens sue, Men give like Gods; but when they weep and All their petitions... | |
| Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pages
...not for its demonstration, at least for the various plienomena it accounts for. It is certain, that " our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt;" yet I fear I have been but too venturous.I never had but one opinion with respect to the society you... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...him good ? Lucio. Assay the power yon hare. hub. My power! alas! I doubt,— Lucio. Onr doubts are t And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing...Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, Men give like gods ; but when they weep and k All their petitions ai-e as freely theirs As they themselves... | |
| Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...space of time favourable to those operations: we therefore say, " nothing venture, nothing have:" -" Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt." Stultus qui Patre vcciso, Liberos relinquat. Having killed the father, you should have destroyed the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 pages
...and, as I hear, tfie provost hath A warrant for his execution. l-nii. Alas ! what poor ability's in me To do him good ? Lucio. Assay the power you have....Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, Men give like gods ; but when they weep and kneel, •All their petitions are as freely theirs £t... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...execution. ha. Alas! what poor ability's in me To do him good ? Lucia. Assay the power you have. Isa. My power! Alas! I doubt,— Lucio. Our doubts are...Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, Men give like gods ; but when they weep and kneel, All their petitions are as freely theirs As they... | |
| Samuel Putnam Waldo - Agriculture - 1819 - 208 pages
...attempting, are reminded, in the language of the Prince of the Drama, " Our doubts are traitors that make us lose the good, We oft might win, by fearing to attempt." We are sensible that a summary of Monthly intelligence, foreign and domestic, will be gratifying to... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 520 pages
...provost hath A warrant for his execution. ISJB. Alas! what poor ability s in me To do him good ? LVCMO. Assay the power you have. ISAB. My power! Alas ! I...Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, Men give like gods; but when they weep and kneel, All their petitions are as freely theirs 6 the power... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...ability's in me To do him good ? Lvcio. Assay the power you have. ISAB. My power! Alas ! I doubt,— Lvcio. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good...Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, Men give like gods j but when they weep and kneel, All their petitions are as freely theirs 6 the power... | |
| Catherine George Mason, afterwards MASON WARD (Catharine George) - 1821 - 802 pages
...which have never yet been confirmed," cried Sir Mildred, " therefore, our doubts are traitors, that make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." " But surely my dear uncle there is no necessity of making lady Theodora your banker when my purse... | |
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