 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 388 pages
...Great Britain toadopt, in relation to America, is happily exprefled in the words of a favorite poet: Be to her faults a little blind, Be to her virtues very kind , Let all her ways be unconfin'd, And clap your padlock on her mind. PRIOR. tlpon the whole, I will... | |
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1797 - 550 pages
...ballad of Prior?,, of a man's behaviour to his wife, fo applicable to you, and your colonies, that 1 cannot help repeating them : » Be to her faults a...the whole, I will beg leave to tell the Houfe what i$ really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Acl be repealed abfolutely, totally, and immediately. That... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1802 - 502 pages
...repeal the declaratory act; even a great minister, whose measure the repeal was, when he quoted Prior— Be to her faults a little blind, Be to her virtues very kind ; every body knows the next line, which he did not quote, Let all her ways be unconfin'd. General Csaway,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...mortal rake-hells lewd With all their midnight arts pursued, Had not FRANCIS, vol. ii. p. 77. ADAPTED. Be to her faults a little blind, Be to her virtues very kind, And clap your padlock on her mind. PADLOCK. ' MR. SPECTATOR, ' YOUR correspondent's letter relating... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 630 pages
...Young men and old, peruse ihr bard; A female trusted to your care, Hii rule is pithy, short, and clear. Be to her faults a little blind ; Be to her virtues very kind : Let all her ways be unconñned ; Aud clap your padlock on lier mind [Eiwmi DR LAST IN HIS CHARIOT.... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 626 pages
...men and old, peruse the bard ; A female trusted to your care, His rule is pithy, short, and clear. Be to her faults a little blind ; Be to her virtues very kind -. Let all her ways be uuconlined ; And clap your padlock on her mind. [Eitunt omnts. 504 DR LAST IN... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 630 pages
...men ana old, peruse the bard ; A female trusted to your care, His rule is pithy, short, and clear. Be to her faults a little blind ; Be to her virtues very kiud i I>et all her ways be unconfined ¡ And clap your padlock on her mind. [Exeunt omnts. 504 DR... | |
 | John Cawthorn (publisher.) - English drama - 1806 - 286 pages
...(.to love, to virtue just J Security in mutual trust. Lean. To sum up all you now have heard • Re to her faults a little blind; Be to her virtues very kind; Let allher ways be unconfiiid, And clap your padlock on her mind.. THE KXD. < FARCE, BY JOHN TILL ALLINGHAM.... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...follow the example. There are two lines in a ballad of Prior's, of a man's behaviour to his wife, so applicable to you and your colonies, that I cannot...kind." Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the house what is my opinion. It is, that the stamp act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately.... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...applicable to ydu and your colonies, that I cannot help repeating them: " Be to her faults a litUe blind ; " Be to her virtues very kind." Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the house what is my opinion. It is, that the stamp act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately.... | |
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Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. 
