 him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.  The Port Folio - Page 480edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...be truly argued of obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph •, if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...truly arraigned of " obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality, and retract them. " If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, " as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, " he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not " to draw... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...truly arraigned of " obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality, and retradt them. " If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, " as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, " he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not " to draw... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 396 pages
...be truly argued of obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality ; and retraft them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...be truly argued of obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality ; and retrail them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwjfe, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 360 pages
...be truly argued of obfcenity, profancnefs, or immorality ; and retrafV. them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to druw my pen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...be truly argued of obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality ; and retrafr. them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be othcrwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 356 pages
...truly argued of obfcenity, profanenefs, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let Vim triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no perfonal occafion to be otherwife, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - English language - 1798 - 554 pages
...fitting, proper, &c. to raife the fiege.] " 30. In Favour of, on the Part of, on the Side of; As " —If becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a " bad caufe, when I have fo often drawn //FOR a good one" [ie A good one being the Caufe of drawing it.]... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - English language - 1798 - 566 pages
...fitting, proper, Sec, to raife the fiege.] " 30. In Favour of, on the Tart of, on the Side of; As " —// becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a H had caufe, when I have fo often drawn it for a good one? [ie A good one being the Caufe of drawing... | |
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