 | Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1849 - 588 pages
...were it not for gaining 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. People are much divided.... | |
 | Eliot Warburton (i.e. Bartholomew Elliott George) - 1849 - 586 pages
...were it not for gaining 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. People are much divided.... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 526 pages
...parliament side — which, for my part, I had rather be hanged — it will be said a man is .•ifraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to...punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I, and many other honest men, receive daily, is beyond expression." In another... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 528 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... | |
 | John Lingard - 1855 - 354 pages
...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 hour." — Sydney Papers, ii. 667. 2 Thomas Reynolds and Bartholomew Roe, on Jan. 21 ; John Lockwood and Edmund... | |
 | John Lingard - 1860 - 472 pages
...for the bishops, whose quarrel it was. Cl»rendon'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. of the parliament, saw that their own safety depended on the ascendency ot... | |
 | George Brodie - 1866 - 560 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 many other honest men receive daily, is beyond expression. People are much... | |
 | George Brodie - 1866 - 548 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 many other honest men receive daily, is beyond expression. People are much... | |
 | Tom Taylor - 1874 - 554 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 then at court except the Duke of Hamilton. Lady Dorothy, before... | |
 | William Ansell Day - 1879 - 230 pages
...were it not for gaining honour ; for let occasion be never so hands0me (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." Not among the Cavaliers... | |
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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... 
