 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly? No.... A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. i Were I empow'r'd to regulate the lists, They should encounter with well-loaded fists ; A Trojan combat... | |
 | Gleanings - 1805 - 252 pages
...madman's deed. " Am I to set my Life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? — No : A moral, sensible, and well-bred man, •Will not affront me — and no other can. A GOOD WOMAN'S HEART. Her price is far above rubies : In her eye is the lustre of Heav'a, The law of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No — A moral, sensible, and well-bred man, Will not affront me, and no other can. Were I empowered to regulate the lists, They should encounter with well-loaded fists : A Trojan combat... | |
 | Roger Lamb - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1811 - 310 pages
...mad-man's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No. — A moral, sensible, and well-bred man, Will not affront me, and no other can." These remarks are not offered in severity, but from numaue motives, which an obscure narrator of common,... | |
 | English literature - 1814 - 642 pages
...As for the attempts of Ve.ritas at wit and scurrility, I will only say with the poet — " A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can." I remain yours, &c. &c. VJNDFX.* For the New Afurtttily Mtiqazint. REMARKS (Hi the. TJIAGF.DY O/'S.UI.IEMAN.... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw. Because a bear is rude and surly ? No— A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me; and no other can. Were I empower'd to regulate the lists, They should encounter with well-loaded fists; A Trojan combat... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 230 pages
...madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No — A moral, sensible, and well-bred man, Will not affront me, and no other can. Were I empow'r'd to regulate the lists, They should encounter with well-loaded fists ; A Trojan combat... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No — A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me ; and no other can. Were I empower'd to regulate the lists, They should encounter with well-loaded fists ; A Trojan combat... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...a madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No : A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. Were I empowered to regulate th", lists, They should encounter with well-loaded fists. A Trojan combat... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...a madman's deed. Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No: A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me ; and no other can. Were I empowered to regulate the lista, Thev should encounter with well-loaded fists ; A Trojan combat... | |
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Am I to set my life upon a throw, Because a bear is rude and surly ? No — A moral, sensible and well-bred man Will not affront me ; and no other can. 
