 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 313edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...calmness and candour, " I have pleaded guilty to all thougbte or expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and...personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance."137 Yet as our best dispositions are imperfect, 136 Preface to Fables, 1700. 117 He had... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 pages
...guilty to all thoughts or expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profancness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy,...personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance."137 Yet as our best dispositions are imperfect, 136 Preface to Fables, 1700. 137 He hud... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 128 pages
...the whole, he frankly acknowledged that he had been justly reproved. " If," said he, " Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to te otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It would have been wise in Congreve to follow his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 450 pages
...the whole, he frankly acknowledged that he had been justly reproved. " If," said he, " Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend,...be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It would have been wise in Congreve to follow his master's example. He was precisely in that situation... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1008 pages
...the whole, he frankly acknowledged that he had been justly reproved. " If," said he, " Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend,...be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It would have been wise in Congreve to follow his master's example. He was precisely in that situation... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 950 pages
...the whole, he frankly acknowledged that lie had been justly reproved. " If," said he, " Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If he be my friend, as 1 have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It would... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 pages
...or immorality; and retrait them. — If he be my ennemy. let him triumph. If he be my friend, and l 'have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repc-ntance. » — 11 ya de l'esprit dans ce qui suit : « He is too much given to horseplay in his... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 722 pages
...and retrait thein. — If he be my ennemy. let him triumph. If he be my friend, and I !have given Lim no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. » — Il ya de l'esprit dans ce qui suit : « He is too much given to horseplay in his raillery, and... | |
 | John Dryden, Richard Hooper - 1866 - 334 pages
...taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which canbe truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and...be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw ray pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one." It is pleasing... | |
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