 Neither is there wanting daily, handsome occasion to retire, were it not for grinning honour. For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said...  Contains the blood royal, and part of the dukes - Page 395by Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Birch - 1756 - 396 pages
...Parliament fide, " which, for my part, I had rather be " hanged ; it will be faid, without doubt, " that a man is afraid to fight. If there " could be an expedient found to falve U "the * Hiftory of the Rebellion, B. VII. p. 351. editOxford, 1732. fol. n the pun&ilio of honour,... | |
 | William Harris - 1758 - 458 pages
...parliament fide, * which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be * faid without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If * there could be an expedient found, to falve the pundH* lio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. 1 The difcontent that I and other... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 912 pages
...faid without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there tould be an expedient found, to falv'e the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The difcontent that I, »nd many other honeft men» receive daily, is beyond expreffion. People are nach... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 518 pages
...the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient...not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and other honest men receive daily, is beyond expression. People are much di: . vided : the king is of... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 510 pages
...the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the puncliJio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and other honest men... | |
 | the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...for my pa't I had rather he hanged, it will he said, without douht, that a man is afraid to fight. It there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here y'n hour. The discontent which 1 and many other honest men receive daily is beyond expression." Sej)t... | |
 | John Graham - 1819 - 442 pages
...the Parliament side, which, for my part I had rather be hanged, it will be said, without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. if' there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honour, 1 would not continue here tin hour. The discontent which I and many other honest men receive daily... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 652 pages
...the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio nffmuanr, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I, and many other honest men receive... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 624 pages
...the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient fomtd to salve the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I, and... | |
 | John Lingard - 1825 - 504 pages
...reverence for the bishop*, whose quarrel it was. Clarendon's Life, 69. Lord Spencer writes to his lady, " if there could be an expedient found to salve " the...punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. ' Sydney papers, ii. 667. CHAP. adversaries had allured the zealots to their ^^/ party, by representing... | |
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