 Nay, madam, he is a doctor; never rack his person, but rack his style: let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge whether he...  The Annual Register - Page 3961799Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Birch - Great Britain - 1754 - 598 pages
...author ; mr. BACON replied, " Nay, " madam, he is a doctor ; never rack his perfon, but rack his ftyle. Let him have •* pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoin'd to continue the ftory, " where it breaketh off; and I will undertake, by collating the ftyles,... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of London - Archaeology - 1792 - 618 pages
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a Doftor, never rack his perlón, rack his Oyle ; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books,...continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the llyles, to judge whether he were the author [e]." The rack was fhewn to Guy Fawkes on his examination,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1775 - 446 pages
...his au*' thor ; I replied, nay, madam, he is a doctor, nevir " rack his perfon, but rack his ftyle : Let him have pen, " ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to VOL. V. B b " continue * Harrifon, book ii. chap. n. Y Haynes, p. 196. See farther la Boderie, vol.... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 510 pages
...re*' plied, Nay, madam, he is a dodor, never ** rack his perfon , but rack his ftyle : Let hint *' have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, " and be enjoined to continue the ftory where it *' breaketh off, and I will undertake , by col* " lating the ftyles, to judge whether... | |
 | History - 1793 - 542 pages
...Madam, he is a donor, never ' rack his perfon, rack his ftyle; ' let him have pen, ink, and paper, 1 and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his...judge whether he ' were the author." The rack was ihewn to Gay Fawkes on his examination, as king James himfelf relates. Torture was ufed on Peacock... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1793 - 544 pages
...indignation, that me would have him racked, to produce Kis author. I replied, " Nay, " Madam, he is a dodtorj never «' rack his perfon} rack his ftyle J " let...pen, ink, and paper, *' and help of books, and be en*' joined to continue his ftory, and *' I will undertake, by Collating *' the ftyles, to judge whether... | |
 | History - 1799 - 770 pages
...produce his aulhor. 1 replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a doftor, never rack his pcrfon, rack his (h- le; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books,...continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the ftylcs, to judge whether he were the author." The rack was fhewn to Guy Fawkes on his examination,... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1803 - 486 pages
...which his lordfhip replied, " nay, madam, he is a doftor, never rack his perfon, but rack his llyle. Let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and let him be enjoined to continue the ftory where it breaks off, and I will undertake, by collating the... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...produce his author." I replied, " Nay, madam, he is a doctor, never rack his person, but rack his style; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge irhether he... | |
 | Dennis Taaffe - Ireland - 1809 - 588 pages
...produce his author; I replied, nay, madam, he is a doctor, •never rack his person, but rack his style: let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles to judge whether he... | |
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