 | John Nichols - 1812 - 746 ページ
...to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly arraigned, of obscenity, prot'aneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; jf he. be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 748 ページ
...to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly arraigned, of obscenity, prot'anenesB, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph j if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, lie will be glad of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 538 ページ
...; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly arraigned of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract...of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one." If Congreve andVanbrugh... | |
 | 1813 - 536 ページ
...; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly arraigned of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract...of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one." If Congreve andVanbrugh... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 ページ
...thoughts or expressions of mine that " can be truly accused of obscenity, immorality, or pro" faneness, 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 448 ページ
...monuments of my master's actions,' unswered Prior, 'are to be seen every where but can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract...my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as 1 have given him no personal occasion to De otherwise, he will be glad to be otherwise, it becomes... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 466 ページ
...monuments of my master's actions,' answered Prior, 'are to be seen every where but can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; il' he be my fricnd, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 ページ
...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 " repentance." Yet as our best dispositions are imperfect, he left standing in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 ページ
...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, Walter Scott - 1821 - 482 ページ
...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...of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one." — Preface to the Fables.... | |
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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,... 
