 | Thomas Litchfield (novelist.) - 1856 - 330 psl.
...CHAPTEE XY. Glotter. — And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stol'u forth of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. Richard III. Hamlet. — Oh 1 villain, villain, smiling, damned villain. Hamlet. may gain something by these tidings... | |
 | James Rees - 1876 - 200 psl.
...do good for evil : And thus I clothe my naked villany With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." Richard III., Act i. Sc. 3. The " Merchant of Venice " is one of Shakespeare's most perfect works. The whole of it... | |
 | Jonathan Blanchard - 1881 - 296 psl.
...do good for evil: And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old, odd ends stolen forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil." —Richard III. The " many simple gulls " of Sbakspeare's day are not all dead yet. Who could imagine, were there not... | |
 | 1897 - 354 psl.
...a wire cable which led straight to the centre of the Corestone mystery. VII. A STROLLING PLAYER. " And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."— Richard III. THAT afternoon, at the hour I had specified to Mr. Hungerford, I was in my office in Ann Street, pen... | |
 | Francis Nathan Peloubet - 1901 - 432 psl.
...do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked villnny With old odd ends stolen forth of Holy Writ ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." Richard III., Act I., Scene 3. " The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness... | |
 | Alfred Marion Prude - 1906 - 138 psl.
...OCTOBER 13, 1903 'And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd, old ends stol'n forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil." —Richard III. Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, An empty purse is worst of crimes; I'll steal from poor, his... | |
 | Herschel Prins - 1995 - 300 psl.
...discussed in this chapter. Psychopathic disorder: a useful label? And thus I clothe my naked villainy . . . And seem a saint when most I play the devil. (Richard III. Act I. Scene iii) In its present slate of development the concept of psychopathy is fuzzy at the edges... | |
 | Emily Auerbach - 2004 - 364 psl.
...with pleasing words: And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. (Richard III, 1.3.335-37) Austen also includes echoes of King Lear: Sir Thomas's inability to see Fanny's superiority... | |
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With old odd ends stolen forth of Holy Writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. 