 But never tempt th' illicit rove, Tho' naething should divulge it : I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing ; But Och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! VII.  Original Poems - Page 125by Thomas Green Fessenden - 1806 - 203 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...lowe o' weel-plac'd love, Luxuriantly indulge it ; But never tempt th' illicit rove, Tho' naething should divulge it : I wave the quantum of the sin,...The hazard of concealing ; But Och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! VII. To catch dame Fortune's golden smiley Assiduous wait upon... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - God - 1833 - 388 pages
...those in any other class either of civil, or moral offenders. Of profligacy, says Burns, " I waive the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing ; But, och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling." And, truly, it does petrify all the best sensibilities of our common... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...time they counterfeit, remember what you have already discovered, and be no more abused. J * I waive the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing : But, och ! it hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling. BURNS. t Sermon on the Flesh and the Spirit, Serm. xi. part... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1830 - 820 pages
...wave the quantum of the sin." (The ungodly man ! to wave the quantum of the sin, but he did) — " I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing ; But, oh, it hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling." The condition of this country in this respect... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...time they counterfeit, remember what you have already discovered, and be no more abused. J * I waive the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing : But, och ! it hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling. BURNS. t Sermon on the Flesh and the Spirit, Serm. xi. part... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...time they counterfeit, remember what you have already discovered, and be no more abused.^ * I waive the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing : But, och ! it hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling. BURNS. COVETOUSNESS. COVETOUSNESS swells the principal to no... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 266 pages
...lowe o' weel placed love, Luxuriously indulge it; But never tempt th' illicit rove Though naething should divulge it I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard o' concealing; But oh ! it hardens cC within, And petrifies the feeling !" It was before any such petrifaction... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1846 - 708 pages
...The sacred lowe o' weel-plac'd love Luxuriantly indulge it ; But never tempt th' illicit rove, Tho' nothing should divulge it. " I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing ; But, oh I it hardem a' within, And petrifies the feeling" deal with in the House of Lords was one in which... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 536 pages
...appeared at the bar, and courtesied to the Peers, hia Grace the Lord High Steward thus addressed her:— "I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, oh! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling." dom it was for many years (in your sex) punishable... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...lowe o' weel placed love, Luxuriously indulge it; But never tempt th' illicit rove Though naething should divulge it I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard o' concealing; But oh ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling.'" '' It was before any such... | |
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