| Great Britain - 1710 - 454 pages
...and run over in my Imagination all the endlefs Crowd of Men of Honour who will be offended at fuch a Difcourfe ; I am undertaking, methinks, a Work worthy...pretty well acquainted by great Opportunities with theNiture of Man, and know of a Truth, that all Men fight againfl their Will, the Danger vanifties,... | |
| Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1712 - 398 pages
...and run over in my Imagination all the endlefs Crowd of Men of Honour who will be offended at fuch a Difcourfe ; I am undertaking, methinks, a Work worthy...Nature of Man, and know of a Truth, that all Men fight a^ainfl theirWill,t\\e Danger vanifhes, and Refolutionrifes upon thisSubjedl. For this , Reafon I fliall... | |
| 1751 - 330 pages
...my own Imagination all the endlefs Crowd of Men of Honour who will be offended at fuch a Difourfe; I am undertaking, methinks, a Work worthy an invulnerable...pretty well acquainted by great Opportunities with the Kature of Man, and know of a Truth, that all Men fight agalnft their Will, the Danger vanifhes, and... | |
| 1785 - 698 pages
...private gcjitleman with a liable rapier : but as I am pretty well acquainted by great ojvportunit'ies with the nature of man, and know of a truth that all men fight againll their will, the danger vanifbes, and rcfolntion riles upon this fubjeil. For this reaibn, I... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be offended at such a discourse ; I am undertaking, methinks, a work worthy an invulnerable...in romance, rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier : but as I am pretty well acquainted, by great opportunities, with the nature of man,... | |
| English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be offended at such a discourse; I am undertaking, methinks, a work worthy an invulnerable...in romance, rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier : but as I am pretty well acquainted by great opportunities with the nature of man, and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
...in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be offended at such a discourse; I am undertaking, methinks, a work worthy an invulnerable...in romance, rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier: but as I am pretty well acquainted, by great opportunities, with the nature of man,... | |
| English essays - 1823 - 380 pages
...in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be offended at such a discourse ; I am undertaking, methinks, a work worthy an invulnerable...in romance, rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier : but as I am pretty well acquainted, by great opportunities, with the nature of man,... | |
| English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be offended at such a discourse ; I am undertaking, methinks, a work worthy an invulnerable...in romance, rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier: hut as 1 am pretty well acquainted by groat opportuuities with the nature of man, and... | |
| 1831 - 704 pages
...in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be orl'cnded at such a discourse ; st stage. There were three of us who still * shame...spoken, about three miles on this side Exeter, I was t single rapier: butas I am pretty well acquainted by great opportunities with the nature of man, and... | |
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