 | Enchiridion - English wit and humor - 1884 - 288 pages
...similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss to make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship." A Spirited Answer. When the Earl of .Cadogan... | |
 | 1885 - 552 pages
...calmness, exposed the rude attack, and concluded thus : — " Since the noble lord has discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at losshow to make out the other part of the parallel ; I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - Anecdotes - 1886 - 306 pages
...who was reproved by his own ass." The bishop, in reply : "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a lost how to make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - History - 1891 - 1016 pages
...unless to that famous prophet Balaam, who was reproved by his own ass.' To this the bishop replied : • I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam, but I am sure I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.' Attic Hoses (The). Plato (BC 428-347).... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1898 - 232 pages
...exposed this rude attack, concluding in these words : " Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship." From that day forth Lord Coningsby was called "Atterbury's Pad." [n] " Grace Before Meat " The Rev.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 436 pages
...calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus : ' Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manner such a similitude, I am well content to be compared...make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.' " Doctor King informs us, that such was the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 426 pages
...calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: ' Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manner such a similitude, I am well content to be compared...make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.' " Doctor King informs us, that such was the... | |
 | Harry Graham - Representative government and representation - 1910 - 416 pages
...replied that he was well content to be compared to Balaam. " But, my Lords," he added, " I am at a loss to make out the other part of the parallel. I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his Lordship ! " i With the creation of new peerages by successive... | |
 | Book collecting - 1905 - 930 pages
...gave Atterbury his chance, which he improved as follows : "Since the noble Lord has discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be...I have been reproved by nobody but his Lordship!" Wit and humour, strictly speaking, are of course separately defined, but, like literature and journalism,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1820 - 894 pages
...concluding thus: " since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well cootent to be compared to the prophet Balaam : but, my lords,...make out the other part of the parallel : I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship." THE PRETENDER. [From King's Anecdotes."] September... | |
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The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss... 
