 The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 148by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 624 pages
...mouth, before the wit is awake enough to cry, hold there .' " The accusing spirit, when he flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he...recording angel as he wrote it down, dropt a tear upon it. and blotted it out for ever." If this be sound divinity, (and I am sure I know no better) it show... | |
 | 1829 - 842 pages
...the mouth, before the wit is awake enough to cry, hold there ! " The accusing spirit, when he flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he...recording angel as he wrote it down, dropt a tear upon it, and blotted it out for ever." if this be sound divinity, (and 1 am sure I know no better) it shows... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...pronounced one of the most musical in our language. "The accusing spirit, which flew up to Heaven's cbancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever." The epithet natural, is frequently applied... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1830 - 432 pages
...cried my uncle Toby. The accusing spirit which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in ; and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropp'da tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever. CHAP. IX. — MY uncle Toby went to his bureau,... | |
 | Henry Sewell Stokes - Deserts in literature - 1830 - 242 pages
...my Uncle Toby. " — The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in ; and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever." 24. Verse cxvi. lines 1 to 5. Beside thy... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1832 - 384 pages
...soul will die. He shall not die, by G — , cried my uncle Toby. The accusing spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he...— and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever. CHAPTER CLXX. My uncle Toby went to his bureau,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 pages
...will die. — He shall not die, by G — , cried my uncle Toby. The accusing spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he...in ; and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the wopd, and blotted it out for ever. CHAPTER CLXX. Mr uncle Toby went to his... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Dissenters, Religious - 1833 - 774 pages
...view this sentence when he pen. r.ril the well-known passage,— " The accusing spirit which flew op to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in ¡ — and the Recording Ançel, as he wrote it down, dnppe da tear apon the word, and blotted it out for ever." Works, vol.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...soul will die'. He shall NOT die', by H n', cried my uncle Toby' The Accusing Spirit', which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath', blushed as he...in'; and the Recording Angel', as he wrote it down', dropped a tear upon the word', and blotted it out forever' My uncle Toby went to his bureau', put his... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1834 - 440 pages
...cried my uncle Toby. The accusing spirit- which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in ; and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropp'da tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever. CHAP. IX. —Mv uncle Toby went to his bureau,... | |
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