 I'll change my note soon, and, I hope, for the better. May the right use of letters, as well as of men, • Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen. Most devoutly I wish they may both have their due, And that / may be never mistaken for U.  The Life of David Garrick, Esq - Pàgina 284per Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 389 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 442 pàgines
...birth as if it were an u. On which Garrick wrote : — " If 'tis true, as you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and I hope, for the better. May the just rights of letters as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 pàgines
...u, the great actor wrote the following : If 't is true, as you say, that I Ve injured a letter, 1 1l change my note soon, and, I hope, for the better. May the just rights of Letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen. Most devoutly... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pàgines
...the great actor wrote the following : If 't is true, as you say, that I Ve injured a letter, I 'll change my note soon, and, I hope, for the better. May the just rights of Letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen. Most devoutly... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pàgines
...that I've injured a letter, I'll change my notes soon, and I hope for the better; May the just rights of letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fix'd...devoutly I wish they may both have their due, And that I may be never mistaken for U. A MAN OF WIT. A — , they say, haa wit ; for what ? For writing ? —... | |
 | William Conant Church - 1874 - 876 pàgines
...HIS PETITION OF THE LETTER I TO DAVID OARR1CK, tSQRE. If 'tis true, a« you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and I hope for the better; May the just right of letters, u well u of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen. Most devoutly... | |
 | 1870 - 784 pàgines
...soon, and I hope for the better ; May the right use of letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen. Most devoutly I wish they may both have their due, And that / may be never mistaken for U ! And whilst we look at him, the witticism is buzzed from lip to lip amusedly,... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 pàgines
...I've injured a letter, I'll change my notes soon, and I hope for the better : May the just right bf letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fix'd by the tongue and the pen ! Most devoutly I wish that they both have their due, And that /may be never mistaken for V. ON GAREICK AND BARRY, IN THE... | |
 | 1872 - 356 pàgines
...notes soon, and I hope for the better ;. May the just right of letters, as well as of men, Hereafcer be fix'd by the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly I wish that they both have their due, And that I may be never mistaken for U." Under the head of " Domestic... | |
 | 1877 - 368 pàgines
...written vurtue. Garrick replied in the following epigram:— " If it is, as you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and I hope for the...right use of letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed for the tongue and the pen; Most devoutly I wish they may both have their due, And that I may... | |
 | John Diprose - 1877 - 308 pàgines
...complaint Garrick replied in the following lines : — " If 'tis true, as you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and, I hope, for...right use of letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly I wish they may both have their due, And that /may... | |
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