 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. If he be my enemy,...  The Monthly anthology, and Boston review - Page 3131809Full view - About this book
 | Charles Webb Le Bas, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 114 pages
...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 - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaueness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy,...him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will he glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chilvary - 1834 - 424 pages
...justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract...triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 430 pages
...justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract...be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, aa I have given him no occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 418 pages
...justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract...triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad, of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1837 - 936 pages
...and retract .them. If ho be my enemy, let him triumph ; it he be my friend, as I have given him no occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance....to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when 1 have so often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult tn prove, that, in •any places,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...guiliy to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profancncss, or immorality : and retract them. If he be my enemy,...if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occa•ion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...thoughts or expressions of mine that can be truly accused of obscenity, immorality, or profaneness, n never desired to apply all the judgment tliat he will be glad of my repentance." Yet, as our best dispositions are imperfect, he left standing in... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - Great Britain - 1840 - 656 pages
...all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly arraigned for obscenity, profaneness, and immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, and I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...thoughts or expressions of mine that can be truly accused of obscenity, immorality, or profanenes?, 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 oar best dispositions are imperfect, lie left standing in... | |
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