 Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick. Hudibras, Part III. Canto I. But, we believe, there is a schism on this subject among the antiquarians.  Wide Awake - Page 1931886Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 514 pages
...the fame with None. f It is enough ( quoth he ) for once , And has repriev'd thy forfeit fanes : _ Nick Machiavel had ne'er a Trick , ".. ( Tho' he gave his Name to our Old Nick ) Eut was below the leaft ofthefe, That pafs i'th' World for Holinefs. This faid , the furies and the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 610 pages
...Andftguifies the fame with None. It is enough ( quoth he ) for once , And has repriev'd thy forfeit Bones : Nick Machiavel had ne'er a Trick , ( Tho' he gave his Name to our Old Nick ) "Rut was below the lea/I of theft , That pafs i'th' World for Holinefs. This faid , the furies and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 pages
...fignilies the fame with none. It is enough (quoth he) for once, And has repricv'd thy forfeit bones; Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, ('Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick.) '3'i But was b-ilow the leaft of thefe, That pafs i. th' world for holinefs. This laid, the Furies... | |
 | 1827 - 790 pages
...have employed against our James the Second, — that he urged his pupil to violent and perfidious * Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick. Hudtirras, Part III. Canto I. But, we believe, there is a schism on this subject among the Antiquarians.... | |
 | 844 pages
...a spectacle which must for ever stand unparalleled in the annals of human infamy ; where fifty * " Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick.'' V THfi LION. 633 •11il( od courtezans danced .... but decency forbids me to describe this scene,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 418 pages
...signifies the same with none.' 1310 It is enough, quoth he, for once, And has repriev'd thy forfeit bones : Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick/ • For a large conscience is all one, And signifies the same with none.] It is reported of Judge Jefferys,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 518 pages
...countryman replied, " My lord, if " you measure conscience by beards, you yourself have none at all." 7 Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick,] Machiavel was recorder of Florence in the 16th century, an eminent historian, and consummate politician.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...multitude : and in the present instance, several circumstances have led even superficial observers to ques* Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our old Nick. Hudibras, Part HI, Canto I. But, we believe, there is a schism on this subject among the Antiquarians.... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 546 pages
...entertained of Machiavel's perfect sincerity and good faith in his diabolical politics. Butler says: " Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our Old Nick." Hud. Il. iii. C. 1. " But," says Macaulay, " we believe there is a schism on this subject among the... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 546 pages
...entertained of Machiavel's perfect sincerity and good faith in his diabolical polities. Butler says : " Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Tho' he gave his name to our Old Nick." Hud. P. iii. C. 1. " But," says Macaulay, " we believe there is a schism on this subject among the... | |
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