 I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them.  Shaw's New History of English Literature - Sivu 183tekijä(t) Thomas Budd Shaw - 1879 - 404 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 sivua
...thoughts or expressions of mine that can be truly accused of obscenity, immorality, or profaneness, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, he will be glad of my repentance." Yet, as our best dispositions are imperfect, he left standing in... | |
 | 1826 - 370 sivua
...occasion in his preface to his Fables, does much credit to his candour and good sense. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly arraigned of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be mine enemy, let him... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 sivua
...acknowledge its justice. la the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. « I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has...justly, and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and'expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 sivua
...thoughts or expressions of mine that can be truly accused of obscenity, immorality, or profaneness, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, he will be glad of my repentance.' Yet as our best dispositions are imperfect, he left standing in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 566 sivua
...acknowledge its justice. In the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has...them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friepd, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 sivua
...reflections upon the rudeness of his antagonist's attacks : " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because iu many things he has taxed me justly ; and I have pleaded...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 sivua
...out a crimson flood ; 1'he Trojan, glad anth sight of hostile blood. His faulchion drew. LI. JKneid. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, he will be glad of my repentance. Птулеп. Thou gladder of the mount of Cytheron, Have pity, goddess.... | |
 | Charles Webb Le Bas, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 114 sivua
...thoughts and expressions of mine that can he truly accused of obscenity, immorality and profaneness, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, he will be glad of my repentance." Not so Lord Byron. He roundly appeals to the good old days when... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 424 sivua
...though not without some reflections upon the rudeness of his antagonist's attacks : " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 418 sivua
...though not without some reflections upon the rudeness of his antagonist's attacks : " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph;... | |
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