 | John Dryden - 1713 - 614 trang
...have given him noPerfonal Occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my Repentance. It becomes roe not to draw my Pen in the Defence of a bad Caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in many Places he has perverted jny Meaning by his Glofles... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 526 trang
...enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no peribnal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cauie, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in many... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 392 trang
...enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not...caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in many places he has perverted my meaning by his glofles... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 trang
...enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not...caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in many places he has perverted my meaning by his glofles... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 360 trang
...enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not...caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in many places he has perverted my meaning by his gloiTes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 trang
...enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be othcrwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not...my pen in the defence of a bad caufe, when I have (b often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that • in many places he has... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 356 trang
...enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a ted caufe, when I have lb often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 trang
...if he be my friend, as I have given him ao perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of roy repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the...caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to prove, that in many places he has perverted my meaning by his gloffes;... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 trang
...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 me not to draw my pen in defence of a bad caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one. Yet it were not difficult to... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1798 - 566 trang
...fitting, proper, &c. to raife the liege.] « 30. In Favour of, on the Part of, on the Side <?/; As .** —It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence...caufe, when I have fo often drawn it FOR a good one? [ie A good one being the Caufe of drawing it.] ** 31. Noting Accommodation, or Adaptation : As— «... | |
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... 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, let him triumph; if he be my... 
