 | Thomas Birch - 1754 - 598 páginas
...author ; mr. BACON replied, " Nay, " madam, he is a doctor ; never rack his perfon, but rack his ftyle. Let him have •* pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoin'd to continue the ftory, " where it breaketh off; and I will undertake, by collating the ftyles,... | |
 | 1799 - 796 páginas
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a doftor, never rack his perfon, rack his ftyle j let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the ftyles, to judge whether he were the author." The... | |
 | 1793 - 532 páginas
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, " Madam, he is a doftor, never " rack his perfon, rack his ftyle; " let him have pen, ink, and paper, «' and help of books, and he en" joined to continue his ftory, and •• I will undertake, by collating " the ftyles, to judge... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of London - 1792 - 618 páginas
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a Doftor, never rack his perlón, rack his Oyle ; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the llyles, to judge whether he were the author [e]."... | |
 | David Hume - 1775 - 446 páginas
...his au*' thor ; I replied, nay, madam, he is a doctor, nevir " rack his perfon, but rack his ftyle : Let him have pen, " ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to VOL. V. B b " continue * Harrifon, book ii. chap. n. Y Haynes, p. 196. See farther la Boderie, vol.... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 510 páginas
...re*' plied, Nay, madam, he is a dodor, never ** rack his perfon , but rack his ftyle : Let hint *' have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, " and be enjoined to continue the ftory where it *' breaketh off, and I will undertake , by col* " lating the ftyles, to judge whether... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1793 - 544 páginas
...Kis author. I replied, " Nay, " Madam, he is a dodtorj never «' rack his perfon} rack his ftyle J " let him have pen, ink, and paper, *' and help of books, and be en*' joined to continue his ftory, and *' I will undertake, by Collating *' the ftyles, to judge whether... | |
 | 1799 - 770 páginas
...produce his aulhor. 1 replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a doftor, never rack his pcrfon, rack his (h- le; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the ftylcs, to judge whether he were the author." The... | |
 | John Adams - 1803 - 486 páginas
...which his lordfhip replied, " nay, madam, he is a doftor, never rack his perfon, but rack his llyle. Let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and let him be enjoined to continue the ftory where it breaks off, and I will undertake, by collating the... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 páginas
...author, and said, with great indignation, ".that she would have him racked to produce his author." I replied, " Nay, madam, he is a doctor, never rack...will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge irhether he were the author or 110." [CABALA. In running through the oppressive powers of CentXVt Elizabeth's... | |
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And another time, when the queen would not be persuaded that it was his writing whose name was to it, but that it had some more mischievous author; and said, with great indignation, That she would have him racked to produce his author: I replied; "Nay,... 
