 | 1741 - 832 pages
...Commiflioner of the v-''"i fo applicable to you, and your co- mendation was fuccecded in that depart knits, I cannot help repeating them, " Be to her faults a little blind, " Be to her virtues very kind. mem by Mr. Grenville. The Earl of Sandwich, by the inlen.lt. of Mr. Fox, now Lr.rd Holland, took Mr.... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham), Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1766 - 28 pages
...this fide. I will undertake for America, that Ihe will follow the example. Therg are two lines in a ballad of Prior's, of a man's behaviour to his wife,...very kind. *' Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tejí the houfe what is really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp- Aft be REPEALED ABSOLUTELY^OTALLV,,... | |
 | 1769 - 262 pages
...to prevent a diminution of it, let me recommend to ypot ferious attention, thofer lines of the poet. Be to her faults .a little blind, Be to her virtues very kind i Let all her ways be unconfin'd, . And clap your padlock on her mind. He He fhook his head at me —... | |
 | 1769 - 226 pages
...prevent a diminution of it, let me recommend to your ferious attention, thofe;line: of the poet. . v Be to her faults a little blind, •Be to her virtues very kind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd, And clap your padlock on her mind. He He fhook his head at me —... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1776 - 550 pages
...repeal the declaratory aft ; even a great mimfter, whofemeafure the repeal was, when he quoted Prior Be to her faults a little blind, Be to her virtues very kind ; every body knows the next line, which he did not quote, Let all her ways be unconfin'd. If that great... | |
 | Eyles Irwin - 1780 - 1 pages
...So juft is the advice of our countryman Prior, in regard to our treatment of a fair companion : '• Be to her faults a little blind, Be to her virtues very kind > ,• : : Let all her ways be unconfin'd, And clap your padlock ou her mind ' " At four o'clock we... | |
 | 1783 - 408 pages
...men and old perufe the bard: A female trufted to your care, (His rule is pithy, fhort, and clear,) Be to her faults a little blind; Be to her virtues very kind; Let all her ways be unconfin'd; . • And clap your padlo;k on her mind. IN THHEE ACT-S. Br DAVID GARRfCK,... | |
 | 1786 - 410 pages
...and old, perufe the bard: , A female trutled to your care, (His rule is pithy, ftiort, and clear,) Be to her faults a little blind; Be to her virtues very kind; Let all her ways be unconfin'd; And claj- your padlock on her mind. CATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. IN THREE... | |
 | John Almon, William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1792
...man's VoL. I. Z behaviour CHAP, behaviour to his wife, fo applicable to you and your CDXXIX. lonies, that I cannot help repeating them : Be to her faults...I will beg leave to tell the Houfe what is really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Ad be repealed abfotutelv, totallv, and immediatelv. That the reafon... | |
 | John Almon - 1793 - 542 pages
...to •' his wife, fo applicable to you, and your ' colonies, that I cannot help repeating ' them : i Be to her faults a little blind : Be to her -virtues...will beg leave to tell * the Houfe what is really my opinion. It * is, that the Stamp Act be repealed abfolutely, ' totally, and immediately. That the... | |
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Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. 
