 | 1811 - 584 pages
...unreasonable. That I had written many volumes, throughout the whole of which, there were but few pages that contained any reprehensible matter, and yet,...You put me in mind," said an honest fellow in the 1811.] Memoirs of James, Earl of Char lemont. 107 company, whose name I did not know, " of an acquaintance... | |
 | 1812 - 1038 pages
...any reprehensible matter, and yet, for those few pages, [ was abused and torn to pieces.1 ' You pot me in mind/ said an honest fellow in the company,...be hanged for forgery, lamented the hardship of his ca<e ; that, after having written many thousand inoffensive sheets, he should be hanged for one line.'... | |
 | 1813 - 558 pages
...unreasonable. That I had written many volumes, throughout the whole of which there were but a few pages that contained any reprehensible matter, and yet,...public, who, having been condemned to be hanged for forger}', lamented the hardship of his case ; that, after having written many thousand inoffensive... | |
 | 1813 - 554 pages
...unreasonable. That I had written many volumes, throughout the whole of which there were but a few pages that contained any reprehensible matter, and yet,...of an acquaintance of mine, a notary public, who, baring been condemned to be hanged for forgery, lamented the hardship of bis case; that, after having... | |
 | 1820 - 390 pages
...uureasonable. That I had written many volumes, throughout the whole of which there were bat a few pages that contained any reprehensible matter, and yet,...did not know, " of an acquaintance of mine, a notary publie, who, having been condemned to be hanged for forgery, lamented the hardship of his case; that,... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pages
...unreasonable. That 1 had written many volumes, throughout the who e of which there were but few pages 1 was abused and torn to pieces." " You put me in mind," said an honest fellow of the company, of an acquaintance of mine, a notary public, who, havinjr been condemned to be handed... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...reply ; when at length a gentleman drily observed, that he put him in mind of an old acquaintance, a notary public; who, having been condemned to be hanged for forgery, lamented the extreme injustice and hardship of his case ; inasmuch as he had written many thousand inoffensive sheets... | |
 | 1836 - 804 pages
...contained any reprehensihle matter, and yet, for those few pages, I was ahused and torn to pieces.' i You put me in mind,' said an honest fellow in the...not know, • of an acquaintance of mine, a notary puhlic, who, having heen condemned to he hanged for forgery, lamented the hardship of his case ; that,... | |
 | 1836 - 758 pages
...unreasonable. That I had written many volumes, throughout the whole of which there were but few pages that contained any reprehensible matter, and yet,...abused and torn to pieces.' ' You put me in mind,' snid an honest fellow in the company, whoso name I did not know, ' of an acquaintance of mine, a notary... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...the railway, to avoid the tedious, and someti.nes dangerous, navigation of the Pool.— Railway Tima. pages, I was abused and torn to pieces." " You put...me in mind," said an honest fellow in the company, " of an acquaintance of mine, a notary public, who, having been condemned to be hanged for forgery,... | |
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You put me in mind,' said an honest fellow in the company, whose name I did not know, ' of an acquaintance of mine, a notary public, who, having been condemned to be hanged for forger}', lamented the hardship of his case ; that, after having written many... 
