CRIME.
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
A King and no King, Act v. Sc. 4. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Tremble, thou wretch,
That has within thee undivulged crimes,
Unwhipped of justice.
King Lear, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have each their record, with a curse annexed.
The Task, Bk. VI. W. COWPER.