 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - Europe - 1826 - 348 pages
...succeed, — and believe me it is the wisest thing you can do." ' It is a thing I can never do — I will never do. I could not if I would, and I would not...home to it as you do.' ' Say it shall be your country !' ' No, I never mean to change my country.' ' Never ! Good heavens ! will you never consent to change... | |
 | Kentucky. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1849 - 1140 pages
...connected. I cannot destroy the aristocracy of wealth, and I do not know that I ought even if I could. I could not if I would, and I would not if I could, destroy the aristocracy of intellect. This aristocracy of intellect, or rather this mental quality... | |
 | Junius - Great Britain - 1850 - 578 pages
...(ante, p. xx.); and his standing answer to all who teased him on the subject of the Letters was, " I could not if I would, and I would not if I could." Besides, how could Burke have described Junius in the transports he has done * had he been the author?... | |
 | Isaac Wescott - Future punishment - 1854 - 210 pages
...represents his God as doing, my soul could not worship. He may send me to hell, but I cannot love him — I could not if I would, and I would not if I could ; it would be an insult to my moral nature, an insult to him whom I believe to be my Creator. I wish... | |
 | Unitarian churches - 1856 - 692 pages
...from God's presence or his love.' ' But will you not resolve my douht,' replied Mr. May. ' No, my son, I could not if I would, and I would not if I could. You must resolve your own douhts, and you will find it the most exciting, useful, and hlessed occupation... | |
 | Annie Webb - 1860 - 410 pages
...Rachel ; but no occupation was assigned to me, and I had therefore no excuse for leaving the room. I could not, if I would, — and I would not, if I could — record all that Cecil said to me during that interview. Suffice it to say, that all misunderstandings,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1862 - 962 pages
...to maintain his principles, I could not cast, from my mind a warm and earnest feeling for his fame. I could not if I would, and I would not if I could. Perhaps then I may claim too much for him. I may be in error when I venture to pronounce him the greatest... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1867 - 498 pages
...to maintain his principles, I could not cast from my mind a warm and earnest feeling for his fame. I could not if I would, and I would not if I could. Perhaps then I may claim too much for him. I may be in error when I venture to pronounce him the greatest... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1867 - 498 pages
...to maintain his principles, I could not cast from my mind a warm and earnest feeling for his fame. I could not if I would, and I would not if I could. Perhaps then I may claim too much for him. I may be in error when I venture to pronounce him the greatest... | |
 | Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1873 - 394 pages
...I invite your attention. Do not imagine, reader, that I am about to give you a geological treatise. I could not if I would, and I would not if I could. The cliffs are composed of stratified red sandstone. Any one who knows the difference between a stone... | |
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I could not if I would, and I would not if I could. 
