 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 strani
...thoughts or exprejpons of mine that can be truly accufed of obftenity, immorality , or profanenefs, 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 beft difpofitions are imperfect, he left Banding in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 strani
...exprejjiom of mine that can be truly accufed of obfcenity, immorality , or profanenefs, and retraft them. If he be my enemy , let him triumph ; if he be my friend, he •will be glad of my repentance. Yet, as our beft difpofitions are imperfecl, he left ftanding... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 strani
...expreffions of mine " that can be truly accufed of obfcenity, im" morality, or profanenefs, and retraft them. " If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he " be my friend, he will be glad of my repen" tance." Yet as our beft difpofitions are imperfcft, he left ftanding in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 strani
...thoughts or " expreffions of mine that can be truly accufed of " obfcenity, immorality, or profanenefs, and retract " them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; " if he be my friend, he will be glad of my re" pentance." Yet as our beft difpofitions are imperfect, he left flanding in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 strani
...exprejjions of mine fhat can be truly accufed of obfcenity , immorality , or projanenefs, and retraft them, If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, he 'will be glad of my repentance. Yet, as our beft difpofitions are imperfect, he left ftanding in... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 strani
...expreflions of mine, which can be truly argued of obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality, and retrari them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, t> 1 have given him no personal occaCon to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...religion and virtue. Whoever makes this his choice, vrtien the other was in his power, may he go off I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of the stage unpitied, complaining of neglect and poverty, the just punishments of his ir religion... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 strani
...excuse their guilt, alledge for themselves, that the degeneracy of the age makes their I shall say the less of Mr. Collier,' because in many things he has taxed me justly ; and lewd way of writing necessary : they pretend the auditors will not be pleased, unless they are thus... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...religion and virtue. Whoever makes this his choice, vrhen the other was in his power, may he go off" I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of the stage unpitied, complaining of neglect and poverty, the just punishments of his irreligion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 strani
...expreffions of mine that can be truly accufed of " obfcenity, immorality, or profanenefs, ano^retradt *•* them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; " if he be my friend, he will be glad of my re" pentance." Yet as our beft difpofitions are imperfect, he left ftanding in... | |
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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,... 
