 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
 | University magazine - 1851 - 796 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 ei mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 sivua
...baseness not to acknowledge his benefactor, but instead of it, to traduce me in a libel. I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has...profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If lie be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 128 sivua
...the whole, he frankly acknowledged that he had been justly reproved. " If," said he, " Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to te otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It would have been wise in Congreve to follow his... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 sivua
...henefactor ; hut instead of it, to traduce me in a lihel I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, hecause in many things he has taxed me justly ; and I have...to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can he truly argued of ohscenity, profaneness, or immorality : and retract them. If he he my enemy, let... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 950 sivua
...the whole, he frankly acknowledged that lie had been justly reproved. " If," said he, " Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend, as 1 have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It would... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 sivua
...seule « difficulté est de choisir ou de rejeter parmi elles *. » 1 . I shall say the less of M' Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to ail thoughts or expressions of mine, which can ba truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality;... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 722 sivua
...Collier, because in many things he bas taxed me justly: and I have plcaded guilty to ail thoughts or expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality; and retrait thein. — If he be my ennemy. let him triumph. If he be my friend, and I !have given Lim no... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 446 sivua
...Collier, because in many things he bas taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to ail thoughts or expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of...profaneness, or immorality; and retract them. — If he be my ennemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend, and I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 326 sivua
...subsequent preface to his Fables observes, " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he taxed me justly ; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which canbe truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy let... | |
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