 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 Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 760 sivua
...preface to the Fables : " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has attacked me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts...and expressions of mine which can be truly argued or accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality — and I RETRACT THEM. If he be my enemy, let... | |
 | 1842 - 740 sivua
...the lash of Jeremy Collier, and in the Preface to his Fables he has the manliness to say, " I plead guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which...argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and I retract them." He still, however, is loth to quit the field without a last word in exculpation, and... | |
 | 1842 - 740 sivua
...preface to the Fables : " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has attacked me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts...and expressions of mine which can be truly argued or accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality — and I RETRACT THEM. If he be my enemy, let... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 sivua
...thoughts or expressions of mine that can be truly accused of obscenity, immorality, or profaneness, heir party, and was supported by the liberality of those lie be my friend, he will be glad of my repentance." Yet, as our best dispositions are imperfect, he... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 472 sivua
...which it contains, this gentleman made the following manly and candid admission : " 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 - 1847 - 726 sivua
...havepleadedgutlty to all thought« and expressions of mine, which can be truly ¡irgued of obscenity, profánenos?, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he I be my friend, as I have given him no personal oceo» ! mon to be otherwise, he will be glad of my... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 484 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...enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I hive given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be flml of my repentance. It becomes me... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1848 - 630 sivua
...occasion, will shew, that this observation is not made without sufficient foundation. " 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 my enemy, let him triumph... | |
 | 1851 - 838 sivua
...plays ; Dryden alone pleaded guilty, in the preface to his Fables, published in 1700. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has...expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profancness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend,... | |
 | 1851 - 778 sivua
...plays ; Dryden alone pleaded guilty, in the preface to his Fables, published in 1700. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has...have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions et'mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he... | |
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