 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...  Annual Register - Page 99edited by - 1793Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Birch - Great Britain - 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,... | |
 | History - 1799 - 796 pages
...indignation, that {lie would have him racked, to 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... | |
 | History - 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 - Archaeology - 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... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 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,... | |
 | History - 1793 - 542 pages
...his perfon, rack his ftyle; ' let him have pen, ink, and paper, 1 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 rack was ihewn to Gay Fawkes on his examination, as king James himfelf relates.... | |
 | History - 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... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 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
...produce his author." I replied, " 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,... | |
 | Dennis Taaffe - Ireland - 1809 - 588 pages
...produce his author; I replied, 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... | |
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