 | Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pages
...retire, were it not for gaining honour ; for let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man resolve to fight on the parliament side — which, for my part, I had rather be hanged — it will be said a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honour, I... | |
 | 1837 - 430 pages
...For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, it will be said, without doubt, that a man is afraid...to fight. If there could be an expedient found to solve the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour." The writer's scruples were speedily... | |
 | 1842 - 538 pages
...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,...punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and other honest men receive daily is beyond expression.' Very much of the discontenthere... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1842 - 536 pages
...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,...punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and other honest men receive daily is beyond expression.' Very rauch of the discontent... | |
 | 1842 - 544 pages
...unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, 1 had rather be hanj-ed, it will be said without doubt that a man is afraid...salve the punctilio of honour. I would not continue beta an boar. The discontent that I and other honest men receive daily if beyond expression.' Very... | |
 | 1842 - 1164 pages
...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 banged, it will be said without doubt that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient... | |
 | John Forster - 1846 - 728 pages
...For, let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the Parliament side, it will be said, without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could, be an expedient fau.nd to totte the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour." The writer's scruples... | |
 | John Forster - 1846 - 740 pages
...occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the Parliament side, it will he said, without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to solté the punctilio of honour, I icoultt not continue here an hour." The writer's scruples were speedily... | |
 | John Lingard - 1847 - 450 pages
...reverence for the bishops, 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 bo'ur." Sydney Papers, ii, 667. AD. 1642.] THE OPPOSITE PARTIES. 73 of the parliament, saw that their... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1849 - 614 pages
...were it " not for grinning honour. For let occasion be never so hand" some, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament " side, (which, for my..." would not continue here an hour." Sidney Papers, vo1. ii. p. 667. Par. 217.-!. 9. a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge.'} So... | |
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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 without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve... 
