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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. "
Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ... - Page 304
by John Watkins - 1808 - 552 pages
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 17

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pages
...upon this occasion in his preface to his Fables, does much credit to his candour and good sense. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many...profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be mine enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise,...
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Memoirs of John Dryden

Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...magnanimity to acknowledge its justice. la the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. « I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many...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...
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Memoirs of John Dryden, Volumes 1-2

Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...magnanimity to acknowledge its justice. In the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. « I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed mejnstly, and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued...
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Life of Dryden

Walter Scott - 1827 - 566 pages
...magnanimity to acknowledge its justice. In the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 pages
...magnanimity to acknowledge its justice. In the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 6

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 pages
...reflections upon the rudeness of his antagonist's attacks : " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because iu many things he has taxed me justly ; and I have pleaded...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of John Dryden

Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 pages
...magnanimity to acknowledge ifs justice. In the preface to the Fables, he makes the amende honorable. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph;...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3

John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...he had the 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...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6

Walter Scott - 1834 - 418 pages
...liberal submission, though not without some reflections upon the rudeness of his antagonist's attacks : " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph;...
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Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama

Walter Scott - 1834 - 424 pages
...liberal submission, though not without some reflections upon the rudeness of his antagonist's attacks : " I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly accused of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...
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