...my best to repel ; 2 and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I never shall be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer,2 are not...

...be called forcible speech : — " Mr. James Macphersou, I received your foolish and impudent letter. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what...I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian. What III.— 15 would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture ; I think it an imposture still....

...violence offered me I shall do my best to repel ; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me . I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting...still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not...

...do my best to repel ; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I never shall be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian." Now, this was written down by Boswell at Johnson's dictation ; Johnson, however, may not have recalled...

...' Ante, p. 206. me I shall do my best to repel ; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting...what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.' 374. To JAMES BOSWELL. [London], January 21, 1775. Published in the Life, ii. 292. 375. To JAMES BOSWELL....

...myself, the law shall do for me. I will not desist from detecting what I think a cheat, from any fear of the menaces of a Ruffian. " What would you have me...still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I here dare you refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so...

...violence offered to myself I shall do my best to repel ; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting...what I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian." It was then that he purchased an oak cudgel far bigger than that which he got to thrash Foote, on hearing...

...forgery. Receiving a furious and threatening letter from the author of " Ossian," Johnson replied : " I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian." In anticipation of personal violence, he provided himself with a heavy stick, of which, had occasion...

...The Doctor answered by purchasing a stout oak cudgel, and issuing an ultimatum in which he said, " I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian." Though Macpherson sulked in his tent and made no detailed reply to his critics and accusers, one of...

...catalogue. In the copy of the letter dictated by Johnson to Boswell from memory this sentence runs, "I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian." I wish the fortunate owner of the original would publish a facsimile, or at all events an exact copy....