 | 1903 - 1186 Seiten
...makes no figure in company, and has a mind as narrow as the neck of a vinegar-cruet. Sept. 30, 1773. The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with snch spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny ; but content... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1905 - 262 Seiten
...thirty-two), the terrible cornet replied — or Dr. Johnson put in his mouth, the famous retort : — " The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | Arthur Edward Phillips - 1909 - 394 Seiten
...down. But I shall first reply to it when not made by an honest man. Reply to Mr. Walpole. WILLIAM PITT. The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content... | |
 | William Murison - 1910 - 416 Seiten
...except two, the negro and another sailor, between whom keen rivalry existed, remained on deck. 27. The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny. 28. Deep silence... | |
 | Herbert Woodfield Paul - 1911 - 478 Seiten
...might occupy a much more conspicuous place in history. Reply to Horace Walpole House of Commons. 1740 THE atrocious crime of being a young man, which the Honourable Gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | 1912 - 756 Seiten
...magnificence of language or appearance of zeal, honesty, or compassion. PITT'S EEPLT TO WALPOLE. Sin, — The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 Seiten
...against the wrackful rocks. G. PETTIE. — A petite. Pallace of Pettie his Pleasure. THE CHIME OF YOUTH THE atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | William Grant - 1913 - 232 Seiten
...though not of lands ; And, having nothing, yet hath all. 7. WILLIAM PITT Passage from Reply to Walpole The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate, nor deny; but content... | |
 | Walter Ripman - 1920 - 408 Seiten
...those by which we are held to our country. BURKE, Thoughts on the Cause of the Preset:t Discontents. 2A Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall peither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 290 Seiten
...the great Samuel. Pitt had been twitted with his youth, and thus did Johnson inspire his reply : " The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
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The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease... 
