| Frederic Hervey - Great Britain - 1779 - 550 pages
...and deferves not that his grey hairs mould fecure him from cenfure : much more is he to be abhorred; who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue,...proftitutes himfelf for money, •which he cannot enjoy; and employs the remnant of his days in plotting the rum of his country. — Such were the arms with which... | |
| Sir Herbert Croft - Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770 - 1780 - 326 pages
...deferves not that his grey hairs fliould protect him from in-' fuHs : that much more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with lefs temptation.— Still, this patron of Offian, and rejcctor of Chatterton, does not hefitate to- affirm, ratber barjh'y,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1785 - 518 pages
...deferves not that " his grey head fhould fecure him from infults : much " more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced " in age, has receded from...and becomes more " wicked with lefs temptation ; who proflitutes himfelf " for money which he cannot enjoy ; and fpends the « remains of his life in the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1787 - 422 pages
...deferves not that his grey hod ibould fccurc him from infults. Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded From virtue,...who proftitutes himfelf for money which he cannot cnjoj, and fpends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country. But youth, Sir, is not my only... | |
| John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 636 pages
...Johnfon upon hearingthis, could not * Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has ad' vanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more ' wicked with lefs temptation, who proflitutes himfelf for money ' which he cannot enjoy, and fpends the remains of his life in * the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Great Britain - 1787 - 444 pages
...deferves not that his grey head fhould fecure him from infults. Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wfkt* w':s temptation ; who pra£iia:es t .i:ic.f tor manry • i cb : c c& enjoy, and fpends the remains... | |
| Sir John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 634 pages
...Johnfon upon hearing this, could not ' Much more, Sir, -is he to be abhorred, who, as he has adf vanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more ' wicked with lefs temptation, who prolHtutes himfelf for money * which he cannot enjoy, and fpends ihc remains of his life in * the ruin... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1787 - 538 pages
...fbould fecure him from infults. Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in a»e, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with lefs temptation ; who proflitutes himfelf for money which he cannot enjoy, and fpends the remains of his life in the ruin... | |
| Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...and deferves not that his grey head mould fecure him from infults : much more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue,...and becomes more wicked with lefs temptation ; who proftitute'S himfe.lf for money which he cannot enjoy ; and fpends the -remains of his life in the... | |
| John Almon, William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1792
...who as he has advanced m age has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with lefs temptations i who proftitutes himfelf for money which .he cannot...his life in the ruin of his country. « But youth is not my only crime, I have been accufcd of a£tmg a theatrical part— a theatrical part may either... | |
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