 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 páginas
...antiquity makes them refpedlable ; becaufe the ancients would never flick at an oath or two, but would fay, by Jove ! or by Bacchus ! or by Mars ! or by Venus ! or by Pallas ! according to the fentiment.---So that to fwear with propriety, " the oath fhould be an echo to the... | |
 | Edward Morris - 1793 - 586 páginas
...invent it myfelf though ; but a commander in our militia — a great fcholar, I affureyou — fays that there is no meaning in the common oaths, and that nothing but o * O their antiquity makes them refpe&able; — becaufe, he fays, the ancients would never ftick to... | |
 | William Jones - 1795 - 400 páginas
...fnvent it myfelf though ; but a commander in our militia — a great fcholar, I affure you — fays that there is no meaning in the common oaths, and that nothing but their antiquity makes them refpeftable ; — becaufe, he fays, the ancients would never ftick to an oath or two, but would fay,... | |
 | Beauties - 1800 - 576 páginas
...invent it myfelf though ; but a commander in our militia— a great fcholar, I » 3 affureyoH— fays that there is no meaning in the common oaths, and that nothing but their antiquity makes them refr,eftable ;— becanfe, he fays, the ,ancients would never nick to an oath or two, but would fay,... | |
 | 1804 - 556 páginas
...; but a commander in our militia, a great scholar, I assure you, says thnc there is no mrnniii-' iu the common oaths ; and that nothing but their antiquity...Bacchus ! or by Mars ! or by Venus ! or by Pallas ! according to the sentiment ; so that, to swear with propriety, says my little major, the oath should... | |
 | 1804 - 552 páginas
...notice of it — 'tis genteel, is not it? — I did not invent it myself though ; but a commander in our militia, a great scholar, I assure you, says that...ancients would never stick to an oath or two, but would hay, by Jove ! or by Bai:clms ! or by Mars] or by Venus! or by Pallas ! according to the sentiment;... | |
 | 1804 - 556 páginas
...notice of it — 'tis genteel, is not it ? — I did not invent it myself though; but a commander in our militia, a great scholar, I assure you, says that there is no nieani»g in the common oaths; and that nothing but their antiquity makes them respectable ; because,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 432 páginas
...notice of it — 'tis genteel, isn't it? — I didn't invent it myself, though ; but a commander in our militia — a great scholar, I assure you — says...Bacchus ! or by Mars ! or by Venus ! or by Pallas! according to the sentiment — so that to swear with propriety, says my little Major, the " oath should... | |
 | Thomas Francklin, Jean-François de La Harpe, Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 páginas
...notice of it — 'tis genteel, isn't it? — I didn't invent it myself, though; bufc a commander in our militia — a great scholar, I assure you — says...by Bacchus! or by Mars! or by Venus ! or by Pallas ! according to the sentiment — so that to swear with propriety, says my little Major, the " oath... | |
 | English comedy - 1810 - 274 páginas
...notice of it — 'tis genteel, isn't it? — I didn't invent it myself, though ; but a commander in our militia — a great scholar, I assure you — says...Bacchus ! or by Mars ! or by Venus ! or by Pallas ! according to the sentiment — so that to swear with propriety, says my little Major, the " oath... | |
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I didn't invent it myself, though; but a commander in our militia, a great scholar, I assure you, says that there is no meaning in the common oaths, and that nothing but their antiquity makes them respectable ; — because, he says, the ancients would... 
