 I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth, as the Excellency with which I am daily crammed. How much more true dignity was there in the simplicity of address among the Romans ! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decius Bruto Imperatori, or Caio Marcello...  Irvine's Dictionary of Titles - Page 78by Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1912 - 141 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lee - Generals - 1792 - 464 pages
...arijiocracies ; but in a great, free, manly, equal commonwealth, it is quite abominable ; for my own part, I would as lief they would put rats.bane in my mouth,...crammed. How much more true dignity was there in the firriplicity of addrefs amongfl the Romans ! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decimo Bruto Imperatori, or Caio... | |
 | Charles Lee, Edward Langworthy - United States - 1813 - 356 pages
...a great, free, manly, equal commonwealth, it is quite abominable ; for my own part, I would as soon they would put rats-bane in my mouth, as the Excellency...true dignity was there in the simplicity of address amongst the Romans ! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decimo Bruto Imperatori, or Caio Marcello Consuli, than... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...commonwealth, it is quite abominable ; for my own part, I would as lief they should put ratsbane into my moiuh, as the excellency with which I am daily crammed. How...the simplicity of address among the Romans ! Marcus Tullius Cicero, -Decline Bruto Imperatori, or Caio Marcello Consul! — than to his excellency, Major-General... | |
 | Theobald Wolfe Tone - Ireland - 1826 - 688 pages
...melancholy as a cat ; for I have every tiling dear to me embarked on the fortune of the Republic, and I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth, as come croaking to me with their evil tidings. " lam now a little better, but very "faint still." I wish... | |
 | Theobald Wolfe Tone, William Theobald Wolfe Tone - Ireland - 1827 - 516 pages
...melancholy as a cat; for I have every thing dear to me embarked on the fortune of the Republic, and I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as come croaking to me with their evil tidings. " I am now a little better, but very faint still." I wish... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 546 pages
...is an extract of a letter from him to Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia. ' For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth,...daily crammed. How much more true dignity was there in thu simplicity of address among the Romans! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decimo Bruto Imperatori, or Caio... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 544 pages
...my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth, as the Excellency, with which lam daily crammed. How much more true dignity was there...the' simplicity of address among the Romans! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decinio Bruto Imperatori, or Caio Marcello Consul!, than to "His Excellency Major General... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 544 pages
...part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth, as the Excellency, with which Iain dully crammed. How much more true dignity was there in the simplicity of address among the Romans! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decimo Bruto Impcrotori, or Caio Marcello Consult, than to "His Excellency Major General... | |
 | Jared Sparks - France - 1832 - 544 pages
...is an extract of a letter from him to Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia. ' For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth, as the Excellency, with which lam daily crammed. How much more true dignity wns there in tin- simplicity of address among the Romans!... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 572 pages
...sense also, when, in a letter to Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia, he said : " For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth, as ' the excellency,' with which I am crammed. How much more true dignity was there in the simplicity of address among the Romans : — Marcus... | |
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