 Nay, madam, he is a doctor; never rack his person, but rack his style: let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge whether he...  The Rise of English Literary Prose - Page 422by George Philip Krapp - 1915 - 551 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Birch - 1754 - 598 pages
...author ; mr. BACON replied, " Nay, " madam, he is a doctor ; never rack his perfon, but rack his ftyle. Let him have •* pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoin'd to continue the ftory, " where it breaketh off; and I will undertake, by collating the ftyles,... | |
 | 1799 - 796 pages
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a doftor, never rack his perfon, rack his ftyle j let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the ftyles, to judge whether he were the author." The... | |
 | 1793 - 532 pages
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, " Madam, he is a doftor, never " rack his perfon, rack his ftyle; " let him have pen, ink, and paper, «' and help of books, and he en" joined to continue his ftory, and •• I will undertake, by collating " the ftyles, to judge... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of London - 1792 - 618 pages
...produce his author. I replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a Doftor, never rack his perlón, rack his Oyle ; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the llyles, to judge whether he were the author [e]."... | |
 | David Hume - 1775 - 446 pages
...his au*' thor ; I replied, nay, madam, he is a doctor, nevir " rack his perfon, but rack his ftyle : Let him have pen, " ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to VOL. V. B b " continue * Harrifon, book ii. chap. n. Y Haynes, p. 196. See farther la Boderie, vol.... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 510 pages
...re*' plied, Nay, madam, he is a dodor, never ** rack his perfon , but rack his ftyle : Let hint *' have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, " and be enjoined to continue the ftory where it *' breaketh off, and I will undertake , by col* " lating the ftyles, to judge whether... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1793 - 544 pages
...Kis author. I replied, " Nay, " Madam, he is a dodtorj never «' rack his perfon} rack his ftyle J " let him have pen, ink, and paper, *' and help of books, and be en*' joined to continue his ftory, and *' I will undertake, by Collating *' the ftyles, to judge whether... | |
 | 1799 - 770 pages
...produce his aulhor. 1 replied, " Nay, Madam, he is a doftor, never rack his pcrfon, rack his (h- le; let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his ftory, and I will undertake by collating the ftylcs, to judge whether he were the author." The... | |
 | John Adams - 1803 - 486 pages
...which his lordfhip replied, " nay, madam, he is a doftor, never rack his perfon, but rack his llyle. Let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and let him be enjoined to continue the ftory where it breaks off, and I will undertake, by collating the... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...said, with great indignation, ".that she would have him racked to produce his author." I replied, " Nay, madam, he is a doctor, never rack his person,...story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge irhether he were the author or 110." [CABALA. In running through the... | |
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