 His opinion in this will not be amiss ; 'tis what I intend, my principal end, and, if I succeed, and folks should read, till a few are brought to a serious thought, I shall think I am paid for all I have said and all I have done, though I have run, many...  Town and Country: Or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Within Us - Page 137by John Stowell Adams - 1855 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1804 - 572 pages
...all that may come, with a sugar plumb." His opinion in this will not be amiss ; <•-, what I iirend my principal end, and if I succeed and folks should read, till a fttv are brought tn a serious thought,! shall think 1 am paid, for all I have said, and all I have... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 pages
...hopes to snap, all that " may come, with a sugar-plum." His opinion in this will not be amiss ; 'tis what I intend, my principal end, and if I succeed,...I have done, though I have run, many a time, after a rhyme, as far as from hence, to the end of my sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 500 pages
...in hopes to snap all that may come with a sugar plumb." His opinion in this will not be amiss ; 'tis what I intend my principal end. And if I succeed,...all I have done, though I have run many a time after a rhyme, as far as from hence to the end of my sense, and by hook or crook write another book, if I... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...to snap, all that "may come, with a sugar-plum."— —His opinion in this will not be amiss ; 'tis what I intend, my principal end, and if I succeed,...I have done, though I have run, many a time, after a rhyme, as far as from hence, to the end of my sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 324 pages
...hopes to snap all that may come, with a sugar-plum."— —His opinion in this will not be amiss; 'tis what I intend, my principal end ; and if I succeed,...I have done, though I have run, many a time, after a rhyme, as far as from hence, to the end of rny sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if... | |
 | 1843 - 628 pages
...a sugar plumb, his opinion in this, will not be amiss, 'tis what I intend, my principal end, and if if [I] succeed, and folks should read, 'till a few...I have done, though I have run, many a time, after a rhyme, as far as from hence, to the end of my sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if... | |
 | 1820 - 612 pages
...hopes to snap all, that may come, with a sugar-plum." — His opinion io this will not be amiss ; 'tis what I intend my principal end, and if I succeed, and folks should re.id, till a few are brought to a serious thought, Ishiill think I am p.iid, for all I have said,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...snap, all that may come, with a sugar-plum. His opinion in this will not be amiss; 'tis what I mtend, my principal end, and if I succeed, and folks should...till a few are brought to a serious thought, I shall thmk I am paid, for all 1 have said, and all I have done, though 1 have run, many a time, after a rhyme,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...to snap, all that may come, with a sugar plum." — This opinion" in this will nol be amiss : 'tis what I intend, my principal end ; and if I succeed,...read, till a few are brought, to a serious thought, I should think I am paid for all 1 have said, and all I have done, though 1 have run, many a time, after... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...hopes to snap, all that may come, with a sugar plum." — This opinion in this will not be amiss : 'tis what I intend, my principal end ; and if I succeed,...read, till a few are brought, to a serious thought, I should think I am paid for all I have said, and all I have done, though X have run, many a time, after... | |
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