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,... Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome - Stran 597avtor: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 923 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Hippolyte Taine - 1874 - 568 strani
...of mine which <ian be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend,...personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.'4 There is some wit in what follows : ' He (Collier) is too much given to horseplay in... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 446 strani
...of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend,...personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance."—Dryden,—Prtface to FaHet. place belongs to Thomas Otway (1651-1685), who died at the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 strani
...goodness is. and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw and jiined His loss." At a later period be mentioned the Short View in the preface to his Fables....attempt a vindication ; for his guilt was so clear, that 110 address or eloquence could obtain an acquittal On the other hand, there were in his case many extenuating... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 strani
...that he had been justly reproved. " If," said he, "Mr. Collier be my enemy, let him triumph. If ho be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion...example. He was precisely in that situation in which it in madness to attempt a vindication ; for his guilt was so clear, that no address or eloquence could... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 strani
...of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profanencss or immorality, and retract them. If ho be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend,...be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance."— Dryden,— Preface to Fables. place belongs to Thomas Otway (1651-1685), who died at the early age... | |
| Manchester Literary Club - 1878 - 310 strani
...expressions of mine which can be truly argued obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend,...to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. The passage referred to is the following : — Oh gracious God ! how far have we Profaned thy heavenly... | |
| Henry Morley - 1879 - 706 strani
...of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend,...be otherwise, he will be glad 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... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1879 - 448 strani
...of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend,...be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance."— Dryden,— Prefact to place belongs to Thomas Otway (1651-1685), who died at the early age of thirty-four,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 828 strani
...rebuke of Zephon, — " And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Yirtuo in her shape how lovely ; siiw and pined His loss." At a later period he mentioned...be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." It woulfl have been wise in Congreve to follow his master's example. He was precisely in that situation... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 strani
...of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend,...to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance." Preface to Dry den's Fables. In his ode to the Memory of Mrs. KiUigrew there are the following lines... | |
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