A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,—
True but for lying,—honest but for stealing.
Of a Precise Tailor. SIR J. HARRINGTON.
Thieves for their robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
Measure for Measure, Act ii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Thou hast stolen both mine office and my name;
The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame.
Comedy of Errors, Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
In vain we call old notions fudge
And bend our conscience to our dealing,
The Ten Commandments will not budge
And stealing will continue stealing.
Motto of American Copyright League, 1885.
STORM.
The lowering element
Scowls o'er the darkened landscape.
Paradise Lost, Bk. II. MILTON.
At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven,
The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,
And rolls its awful burden on the wind,
The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more
The noise astounds; till overhead a sheet
Of livid flame discloses wide, then shuts,
And opens wider; shuts and opens still
Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze.
Follows the loosened aggravated roar,
Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal,
Crushed, horrible, convulsing Heaven and Earth.
The Seasons: Summer. J. THOMSON.
From cloud to cloud the rending lightnings rage,
Till, in the furious elemental war
Dissolved, the whole precipitated mass
Unbroken floods and solid torrents pour.
The Seasons: Summer. J. THOMSON.
Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are,
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,
How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides,
Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you
From seasons such as these?
King Lear, Act iii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
Blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark!
The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.
Julius Cæsar, Act v. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.