...language of one prodigal and penitent as myself, to say, " 1 have sinned against Heaven and thee, an am no longer worthy to be called thy son." Abandon...hands ; for though I am equal to sustain the judgment my-own vices have drawn down on me, I casnot support the cruel mercy with which your goodness endeavours...

...compassion, and ran, and threw himself upon 21 his neck, and kissed him. And the son said, ' Father, I have sinned against heaven and thee, ' and am no longer worthy to be called thy son.' 22 But the father said to his servants, ' Bring hither ' the principal robe and put it on him, and...

...compassion, and ran, and threw himself upon 21 his neck, and kissed him. And the son said, * Father, I have sinned against heaven and thee, * and am no longer worthy to be called thy son.' 22 But the father said to his servants, ' Bring hither '• the principal robe and put it on him, and...

...!—EDIT. TO THE EARL OF M . MY LORD, SUFFER me, in the fulness of my heart, and in the language of one as prodigal and penitent as myself, to say, " I have...sustain the judgment my own vices have drawn down on me, I cannot support the cruel mercy with which your goodness endeavours to avert its weight. Among...

...which have governed your past. Your etc. etc. M TO THE EARL OF M My Lord, Suffer me, in the fulness of my heart, and in the language of one prodigal and...sustain the judgment my own vices have drawn down on me, I cannot support the cruel mercy with which your goodness endeavours to avert its weight. Among...

...claim of symbolic disinheritance, he adds, 'in the language of one prodigal and penitent as myself ... "I have sinned against Heaven and thee, and am no longer worthy to be called thy son"' (5), thus evoking perhaps the most famous of characters who managed to live a life of pleasure and...