 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 - 1831 - 690 pages
...by the menaces of a ruffian. - What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture ; 1 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, aw not... | |
 | Charles Henry Wharton, George Washington Doane - 1834 - 428 pages
...What would you have me retract ? I thought your Church unscriptural in many points, and I think so still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I dare you to refute. Your unprovoked resentment I defy — your pity I reject. To judge from your letter,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 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...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 pay... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 374 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...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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 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... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 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 this...reasons to the public, which I here dare you to refute j your rage I defy ; your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your... | |
 | Davies Gilbert - Cornwall (England : County) - 1838 - 448 pages
...menaces of a ruffian. What would you have me retract? I thought your book an imposture, and I think so still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to...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... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 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 this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I » I have deposited it in the British Museum. — BOSWELL. here dare you to refute.... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 512 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... | |
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