 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
 | Humphry William Freeland - English literature - 1857 - 256 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...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian. ' What would you have me to 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 dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable, and... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 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...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... | |
 | Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 pages
...the menaces of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture, and I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. * Boswell, 6th ed., vol. ii. p. 310. ? Your abilities, since... | |
 | Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 pages
...the menaces of a ruffian. " What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture, and I think it an imposture still. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public, which I dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. xt out' abilities, since vour Homer, are nol so formidable. and... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1870 - 1344 pages
...What would you have me retract Г I thought your book an imposture: 1 think it an imposture etill. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public,...I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, einco your Homer, are not so formidable; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Authors, English - 1871 - 550 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...What would you hive me retract? I thought your book an imposture ; I think it an impo»ture »till. For this opinion I have given my reasons to the public,...I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, lance your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals incline» me to... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 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... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 482 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 1 hear of your morals inclines me to... | |
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