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" He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff dog ; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be — he is a very good moral mastiff ; but if you hurt... "
Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden - Page 100
by John Selden - 1818
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden

John Selden - 1689 - 196 pages
...and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral Mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your Face, and tear out your Throat. XCII Mortgage Mortgage IN case I receive a thousand Pounds, and mortgage as much Land as is worth two...
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Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].

John Selden - 1716 - 156 pages
...him , he will'play with you as finely as may be , he is a very good moral Maftiff, but if you hart him , he will fly in your Face , and tear out your Throat. •T gage as much Land as is worth two thoufand to you ; if I do not pay the Money at fuch a Day ,...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq., Or His Sense of ...

John Selden - 1786 - 196 pages
...in your face, .and tear-your throat. '. o, • ' .. . . ...'".:'' i^ . t . , .. ,? MO'RTG JVGE. I. IN case I receive a thousand pounds, and mortgage...money at such a day, I fail, whether you may take my land and keep it, in point of conscience ? Anfiuer. If you had my lands as security only for your...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - 1786 - 190 pages
...but if jouhurt . .• - . himy him, he will fly in your face, and tear your? throat. MORTGAGE-. ' I. IN case I receive a thousand pounds, and mortgage...money at such a day, I fail, whether you may take my land and keep it, in pomt of conscience > Anjwer. If you had my lands as secuiity only for your...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...aud please him, and do not pinch him, he wilt play with you as finely as may be; he is a very good moral mastiff: but, if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.* SiLDIS. ALTERATION in religion is dangerous, because we know not where it will stay; 'tis like a millstone...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be; he is a very good K 2 fcL moral mastiff: but if you hurt him, he will fly in...money at such a day, I fail — whether you may take my land and keep it in point of conscience? Answ. If you had my lands as security only for your money,...
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Essays, Moral and Entertaining

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 pages
...and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be ; he is a very good moral mastiff: but if you hurt him, he will fly in...mortgage as much land as is worth two thousand to yon, if I do not pay the money at such a day, I fail — whether you may take my laud and keep it in...
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The British Prose Writers: Sheldon's table talk. Sir W. Blackstone's ...

1821 - 328 pages
...and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be ; he is a very good moral mastiff: but if you hurt him, he will fly in...money at such a day, I fail — whether you may take my land and keep it- in point of conscience ? Answ. If you had my lands as security only for your money,...
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Selden's table talk

John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be ; he is a very good moral mastiff: but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat. MORTGAGE. ID case I receive a thousand pounds, and mortgage as much land as is worth two thousand to you, if...
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Table-talk; Or, Selections from the Ana: Containing Extracts from the ...

George Moir - 1827 - 466 pages
...and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be ; he is a very good moral mastiff : but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat. 3C3H. NUMBER. ^11 those mysterious things they observe in numbers come to nothing, upon this very ground...
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