 Neither is there wanting daily, handsome occasion to retire, were it not for grinning honour. For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said...  Contains the blood royal, and part of the dukes - Seite 395von Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 666 Seiten
...parliament side, (which, for my " part, I had rather be hanged,) it will be said, without " doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be " an expedient...punctilio of honour, I " would not continue here an hour." Sidney Papers, vol. ii. p. 667. P. 241. 1. 7. a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge.]... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 668 Seiten
...parliament side, (which, for my " part, I had rather be hanged,) it will be said, without " doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be " an expedient...punctilio of honour, I " would not continue here an hour." Sidney Papers, vol. ii. p. 667. P. 241. 1. 7. a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge.]... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 668 Seiten
...parliament side, (which, for my " part, I had rather be hanged,) it will be said, without " doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be " an expedient...of honour, I *' would not continue here an hour." Sidney Papers, vol. ii. p. 667. P. 241. 1. 7. a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge.]... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1833 - 638 Seiten
...the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said, without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honor, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and many other honest men receive daily,... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1833 - 636 Seiten
...part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said, without doubt, that a • Ellis's Letters, iii. 291. man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honor, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and many other honest men receive daily,... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1833 - 390 Seiten
...ihe parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will he said, without douht, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found lo salve the punctilio of honor, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and many... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 326 Seiten
...handsome, unless a man resolve to fight on the Parlement side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said a man is afraid to fight. If there...punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hower. The discontent that I, and many other honest men, receive dayly is beyond expression. People... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...handsome, unless a man resolve to fight on the Parlement side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said a man is afraid to fight. If there...punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hower. The discontent that I, and many other honest men, receive dayly is beyond expression. People... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 274 Seiten
...unless a man resolve to fight on the parliament side — which, for my part, I had rather be hanged — it will be said a man is afraid to fight. If there...honest men, receive daily, is beyond expression." In another letter, he complains of the folly of the catholic party in opposing any attempt at accommodation... | |
 | 1837 - 430 Seiten
...handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, it will be said, without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to solve the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour." The writer's scruples were speedily... | |
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