 Never was there a more unlucky peroration, from the day when Lord Denman concluded an eloquent defence of a queen's innocence by appealing to the unhappy illustration which called forth the touching words, "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1461865Full view - About this book
 | William Eusebius Andrews - 1817 - 512 pages
...scripture, reflect on our Saviour's admonition to the elders who denounced the adultress woman — let him that is without sin cast the first stone at her. Goaded by these and *' numberless other acts of perfidiousness and barbarity," can we think it " surprising"... | |
 | England - 1865 - 790 pages
...more courteous to say to me than a sarcasm and an impertinence. Are you not proud of your friend 1 " Never was there a more unlucky peroration, from the...of him, madam," said he, rising and speaking with a boldness thatamazed even himself. " I was proud to be his class-fellow at school ; I was proud to... | |
 | Christianity - 1821 - 790 pages
...condition to accuse and convict this woman ? If you are qualified, carry the sentence into execution, and let him that is without sin cast the first stone at her. The w»rd used by our Lord is a»afta(>TY,To«, the word used by the LXX, in Numbers \. 31, is aG*>«(... | |
 | James Gratrix - 1843 - 380 pages
...hypocrisy, — instead of irritating them by an exposure of their real feelings, He simply said, " Let him that is without sin cast the first stone at her : " thus leaving conscience to effect, what a direct rebuke might have effected, though not without... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1856 - 570 pages
...pass upon their apparent negligence a stern and a severe sentence? God and His sweet Mother forbid ! " Let him that is without sin cast the first stone at her ;" for how many of those who are in a better class of life would bear with patience and with fortitude... | |
 | England - 1865 - 818 pages
...sarcasm and an impertinence. Are you not proud of your friend?" Never was there a more unlucky [Aug. peroration, from the day when Lord Denman conducted...of him, madam," said he, rising and speaking with a boldness that amazed even himself. " I was proud to be his class-fellow at school ; I was proud to... | |
 | 1865 - 794 pages
...unlucky peroration, from the day when Lord Denman conducted an eloquent defence of a queen's innocence hy appealing to the unhappy illustration which called...of him, madam," said he, rising and speaking with a boldness that amazed even himself. " I was proud to be Ms class-fellow at school ; I was proud to... | |
 | Joseph Butterworth Owen - 1865 - 166 pages
...seduction thrust upon her. Alas for both ! if there were no atoning " blood to cleanse from all sin." " Let him that is without sin cast the first stone at her," or at either of them. Nevertheless, there is no desideratum of society more characteristic of the inherent... | |
 | Charles James Lever - 1866 - 532 pages
...— which is it? — had nothing more generous nor more courteous to say to me than a sareasm and on impertinence. Are you not proud of your friend?" Never...of him, madam," said he, rising and speaking with a boldness that amazed even himself. " I was proud to bo his class-fellow at school ; I was proud to... | |
 | Charles Lever - Irish fiction - 1866 - 212 pages
...generous nor more courteous to say to me than a sarcasm and an impertinence. Are you not proud of^our friend?" Never was there a more unlucky peroration,...of him, madam," said he, rising and speaking with a boldness that amazed even himself. " I was proud to be his class-fellow at school ; I was proud to... | |
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