 You are so little accustomed to receive any marks of respect or esteem from the public, that if in the following lines a compliment or expression of applause should escape me, I fear you would consider it as a mockery of your established character, and...  Junius - Page 162by Junius - 1797Full view - About this book
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 pages
...LETTERS OF JUNIUS. 1769-1772. (Manual, p. 341.) 223• To His GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. My Lord, — You are so little accustomed to receive any marks...expression of applause should escape me, I fear you woyld consider it as a mockery of your established character, and, perhaps, an insult to your understanding.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...meditated persecution, the quotations alone will show. He writes to the Duke of Bedford : ' My lord, you are so little accustomed to receive any marks...established character, and perhaps an insult to your understanding.'1 He writes to the Duke of Grafton : ' There is something in both your character and... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 572 pages
...respect or esteem 1 Anecdotes and Speeches o/the Earl of Chatham, it eh. 29, 46. > Ibid. ii. ch. 42, 398. from the public, that if, in the following lines,...established character, and perhaps an insult to your understanding.'1 He writes to the Duke of Grafton : ' There is something in both your character and... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...meditated persecution, the quotations alone will show. He writes to the Duke of Bedford : ' Hy lord, you are so little accustomed to receive any marks of respect or esteem 1 Anecdotes and Speechee o/the Earl of Chatham, ii. ch. 29, 46. 1 Ibid. ii. ch. 42, 398. from the public,... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...meditated persecution, the quotations alone will show. He writes to the Duke of Bedford : ' My lord, you are so little accustomed to receive any marks of respect or esteem 1 Anecdole3 and Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, ii. ch. 29, 46. 1 Hid. ii. ch. 42, 398. from the public,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...— civil liberty may still last the life of JUNIUS. TO HIS ORACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD.1 My LORD: — You are so little accustomed to receive any marks...nice feelings, my lord, if we may judge from your resenK.ents. Cautious, therefore, of giving offence, where you ha-,e so little deserved it, I shall... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...any other creature. — Mum ! [JUNIUS. 1769 — 1772.] TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. MY LORD, — You are so little accustomed to receive any marks...understanding. You have nice feelings, my lord, if we may iudge from your resentments. Cautious, therefore, of giving offence, where you have so little deserved... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1872 - 274 pages
...offence, when you have so little deserved it, I shall leave the illustration of your virtues to other of respect or esteem from the public, that if, in...consider it as a mockery of your established character, (3) hands. Your friends have a privilege to play upon the easiness of your temper, or possibly they... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 pages
...those who have none at all. — ADAM SMITH. From 1759 to 1790. DESCRIPTION OF AN HONEST STATESMAN. You are so little accustomed to receive any marks...following lines, a compliment or expression of applause shquld escape me, I fear you would consider it as a mockery of your established character, and perhaps... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...— civil liberty may still last the life of Jux1us. TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RLDFORD. My Lord, — You are so little accustomed to receive any marks...esteem from the public, that if, in the following linos, a compliment, or expression of applause, should escape me, I fear you would consider it as a... | |
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