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" The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss... "
The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner - Page 323
1819
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The Book of table-talk [ed. by C. MacFarlane].

Book - 1847 - 492 pages
...calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus : " Since the noble lord has discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...make out the other part of the parallel ; I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship." — Political and Literary Anecdotes of his...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Volumes 1-2

Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...cahuness exposed his rude attack, concluding in these words: " Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balasm; bnt, my lords, I am at a loss how to make ont the other part of the parallel. I sun sure that...
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The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk

Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...and calmness exposed this rude attack, concluding thus : " Since the noble lord has discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship !" CURIOUS REMARK ON VANITY. Franklin says : "...
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The kaleidoscope of anecdotes and aphorisms, collected by C. Sinclair

Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus : " Since the Noble Lord has discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...compared to the Prophet Balaam; but, my Lords, I am unable to make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but...
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Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners

Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...calmness exposed this rude attack; concluding thus : " Since the noble lord has. discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship!" — King's Memoirs. CURIOUS REMARK ON VANITY....
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Cyclopædia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the ...

William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...with great rude attack, concluding thus: — "Since the noble lord covered in our manners has dissuch a similitude, I am well content to be compared to...make out the other part of the parallel; I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship."— (Political and Literary Anecdotes of his...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...exposed this rude attack, concluding thus : " Since the noble Lord hath discovered in our manners sitc.ha similitude, I am well content to be compared to the...loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: lam sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his Lordship." SINGULAR CONDUCT. About the year 1700,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus : " Since the noble Lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophft BALAAM : but, my Lords, I am at a toss how to make out the other part of I he parallel: I am...
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Our Christian Classics: Readings from the Best Divines with ..., Volume 4

James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1858 - 562 pages
...rude attack with much spirit and calmness, concluding, "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship." Much of Atterbury's charm was personal. A contemporary...
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Our Christian classics: readings from the best divines, with ..., Volumes 3-4

Christian classics - 1858 - 870 pages
...rude attack with much spirit and calmness, concluding, " Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship." Much of Atterbury's charm was personal. A contemporary...
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