 What would you have me retract? I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture 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 so formidable,...  Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 142by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...impofture; I think it an impofture ftill. For this opinion I have given my reafons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, fince your Homer, are not fo formidable; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian ! What •would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture, I think it an imposture still. For this...I here dare you to refute ; your rage I defy, your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable, and what I he^r of your morals, inclines me to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture : I think it an imposture still. For...I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not formidable ; and what I hear of your morals, inclines me to pay... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...think a cheat, by the ' menaces of a ruffian. '« What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...think a cheat, by the menaces of a rullian. " What would you have me retract f I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your I Joiner, arc... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given mv reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...menace of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture : 1 think it MI imposture still. For this opinion, I have given my...I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are Art, 9? formidable ; and what I hear of your morals, inclines me to... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture : I think it an imposture still. For...I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...what I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian! What would you have me retract? I thought your book an imposture, I think it an imposture still: for this opinion, I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute; your rage I defy — your abilities, since your Homer, are... | |
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