...But in " the Preface " to his " Fables," he says, with more frankness, and in a worthier spirit : " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscurity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...

...repentance. Of one who had coarsely reproved him, in the preface to the Fables he says: •1 »hall he had the heart of one, á z 0 k 悀 0 U 1 have pleaded guilty to nil thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity,...

...morals, he endured this coarse reproof, and nobk confessed the faults of his youth : ' I shall ray the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed ma Justly ; and 1 have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of miue which can be truly argued...

...sense to kiss the rod. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier," he wrote in the preface to his "Fables," "because in many things he has taxed me justly, and...thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...

...magnanimity to acknowledge its justice. In the preface to the Fables, he ma';es the amende honorable. " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many...thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph...

...la satire ; les grands « sujets lui sont défendus; il les entame quelquefois 1. I shall say thé less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I hâve pleaded guilty to ail thoughts or expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity,...

...a noble honesty that he had been justly reproved. ' 1 shall say the less of Mr Collier,' he says, ' because in many things he has taxed me justly ; and...have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions or mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he...

...dignity and honesty about the great poet's recantation which cannot fail to impress us. He writes— " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many Things he has tax'd me justly ; and I have pleaded Guilty to all Thoughts and Expressions of mine, which can be truly...

...not>le honesty that he hat! been justly reproved. ' I shall say the less of Mr Collier)' he says, ' because in many things he has taxed me justly ; and...thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If lie be my enemy, let him triumph...

...all at once betore their eyes. Dryden admitting the justice of the accusation against himself, said " I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly. It becomes me not to draw my pen in defence of a bad cause, when I have so often done it for a good...