| Tobias Smollett - 1785 - 518 pages
...wicked with lefs temptation ; who proflitutes himfelf " for money which he cannot enjoy ; and fpends the « remains of his life in the ruin of his country." — Petitions were prefented from the city of London, and county of Gloucefter, againft the bill, as detrimental to the... | |
| John Almon - 1810 - 474 pages
...insults. ' Much more is he to he abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation; who prostitutes...the remains of his life in the ruin of his country. ' But youth is not my only crime;—I hav<j been accused of acting a theatrical part: A theatrical... | |
| John Almon - 1810 - 470 pages
...insults. r ' Much more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation; who prostitutes...the remains of his life in the ruin of his country. ' But youth is not my only crime; — I been accused of acting a theatrical part: A theatrical part... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
....Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has reK. cede<J ceded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ;-^-who prostitutes...money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of bis life in the ruin of his country. But youth, Sir, is not my only crime; I have been accused of acting... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation;—who prostitutes- himself for money which he cannot enjoy,...the remains of his life in the ruin of his country. But youth, sir, is not my only crime ; I have been- accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 pages
...insults. Much more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes...the remains of his life in the ruin of his country." Something like this Mr. Pitt might have said, but the language is that of Dr. Johnson, who then reported... | |
| William Cobbett - 1812 - 752 pages
...Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes...the remains of his life in the ruin of his country. But youth, Sir, is not my only crime ; I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical... | |
| H. R. Duff - 1815 - 572 pages
...as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptations ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot...the remains of his life in the ruin of his country." 3c A vast sum of money was known to have been expended by Sir Robert upon writers, for their praiset... | |
| H. R. Duff - 1815 - 574 pages
...as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptations ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the min of his country." 30 A vast sum of money was known to have been expended by Sir Robert upon writers,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...insult. Much more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation; who prostitutes...himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remainder of his life in the ruin of his country." Frederic prince of Wales, who had long been the... | |
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