 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
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...dio :" — " He shall not die, by G — d," 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 for ever. My uncle Toby went to his bureau, put his... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...cried my uncle Toby, — but nothing to this. Vol. vi. Chapter viii. 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 for ever. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. Page 1. " They order,"... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 470 pages
...admirable cadence of the following fine sentence of Sterne's:— " 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 tho word, and blotted it out forever." A slight change at the close of the sentence... | |
 | Ernest Adams - English language - 1858 - 200 pages
...rectitude, which warns a pure mind against hypocrisy. — Coleridge. The accusing spirit, that flew to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in. — Sterne. The talent that is allowed to show itself is that which can repay admiration by furnishing... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 420 pages
...shall not die. 2. The accusing spirit flew to Heaven's high chancery with the oath — blushed as she gave it in, and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear on the word, and blotted it out forever. 3. Flag of the free hearts' only home ! By... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
...die."13 — " He shall not die, by G — d!" u cried my uncle Toby. The accusing spirit 15 which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in ;16 and the recording angel,1'1 as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1860 - 742 pages
...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 gave it in ; and the recording ani/el, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever. " The SUQ looked... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1861 - 468 pages
...slight change at the close of the sentence will mar its melody. " 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, and blotted it out." § 382. Finally, as the highest kind of Harmony,—most difficult... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...will die."—" He shall not die," cried my uncle Toby with an oath. 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 for ever ! My uncle Toby went to his bureau,—put... | |
 | James MacGrigor Allan - 1863 - 344 pages
...magistrate's orders. Surely in this case, as in that of my Uncle Toby, " The accusing spirit who 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 for ever." At this crisis, Gerald, who was armed with... | |
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