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" We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. "
The Boke Named The Gouernour: Deuised by Sir Thomas Elyot, Knight - Page 514
by Sir Thomas Elyot - 1883
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Measure for measure. Comedy of errors

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...Provost, and Attendants. Angela. \Vt must not make a scare-crow of the law ; Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. t'.scal. Ay, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise to death : Alas...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...Officers, and other Attendants. Aug. We must not make a scare-crow of the law, Setting it up to fear8 the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. '^Encal. Ay, but yet Lef MS be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise to death : Alas...
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Shakspeare's Measure for Measure: A Comedy

William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1803 - 76 pages
...ESCALUS, ANGELO, and Provosf. Ang. WE must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Escal. Ay, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise to death : Alas !...
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A Satirical View of London; Or, A Descriptive Sketch of the English ...

John Corry - London (England) - 1804 - 230 pages
...purpose of residence. LAWYERS. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Si-ttiihg it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. SHAKESFEABZ. AMONG the various sciences, jurisprudence is entitled to a conspicuous place.' The complexity...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 408 pages
...must not make a scare- crow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of preyr And let it lieeji one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Escal. Ay , but yet Let us- be keen, and rather cut a little. Than fall, and bruise to death; Alas!...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...Officers, and other Attendants. -sing. We must not make a scare-crow of the law Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Escal. Ay, but yet Than fall, and bruise to death: Alas! this...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...Officers, and other Attendants. Ang. We must not make a scare-crow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Escal. Ay, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise to death : Alas !...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 522 pages
...provovt is generally the executioner of an army. So, The Famous History of Tha. Stakely, 1605, hl. 1 : And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Escal. Ay, hut yet Let us he keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall and hruise to death : 2 Alas...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...them, that 's flat, Sfrakspcare, We must not make a scaricroto of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, 'till custom make it Their pearch, and not their terrour. Siaisf. Many of those great guns, wanting powder and shot, stood but...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...Attendants. Ang. We must not make a scare-crow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey H, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. Escal. Ay, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise to death : Alas !...
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