 I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any 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 what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Página 230por James Boswell - 1917 - 574 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1898 - 300 páginas
...do my best to repel ; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall not 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, are not... | |
 | 1897 - 496 páginas
...myself, the law shall do for me. I will not desist from detectmg what I think a cheat, from any fear of the menaces of a Ruffian. What would you have me retract?...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... | |
 | Benjamin Kidd - 1898 - 7 páginas
...him, after procuring a stout cudgel he wrote his famous reply, in which occurs the splendid phrase, " I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian." And on another occasion the doctor had exclaimed of the Ossianic " translations," " Sir, a man might... | |
 | Charles Deane Punchard - 1899 - 180 páginas
...do my best to repel ; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall not 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 are not so formidable ; and... | |
 | Joseph Texte - 1899 - 444 páginas
...and impudent 1 Preface to the edition of 1773. 2 Note to Caihloda. 3 8th December 1761. letter ... I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian." l Macpherson, however, but yesterday a schoolmaster and salaried tutor, could already count as his... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 páginas
...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... | |
 | Joseph Texte - 1899 - 432 páginas
...and impudent 1 Preface to the edition of 177$. a Note to Cathloda. 3 8th December 1761. letter ... I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian."1 Macpherson, however, but yesterday a schoolmaster and salaried tutor, could already count... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not... | |
 | 1900 - 674 páginas
...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. Tour rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not... | |
 | John Dennis - 1910 - 126 páginas
...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...menaces of a ruffian. What would you have me retract? 1 thought your book an imposture ; I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my... | |
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