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" 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 him, he will fly in your Face, and tear out your Throat. "
Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq., Or His Sense of ... - Page 89
by John Selden - 1786 - 163 pages
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden

John Selden - 1689 - 196 pages
...and my duty towards Man. What care I to see a Man run after a Sermon, if he cozens and cheats as soon as he comes home ? On the other side Morality must...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...
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Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].

John Selden - 1716 - 156 pages
...Morality muft not be without Religion ; for if fo , it may change , as I fee convenience. Religion muft govern it. He that has not Religion to govern his Morality, is not a Dram better than my Maftiff-Dog; fb long as you ftroke him , and pleafe him , and do not pinch him , he will'play with...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - 1786 - 190 pages
...my duty towards man- What care I to see a men. run after a sermon, if he couzens and cheats as soon as he comes home. On the other side* morality must...must govern it. He that has not religion to govern hw morality, is not a dram, better than my mastiff dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him,...
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Seldeniana, Or, The Table-talk of John Selden, Esq;: Being His Sense of ...

John Selden - 1798 - 166 pages
...Morality muft not be without Religion ; for if fo, it may change, as I fee convenience. Religion muft govern it. He that has not Religion to govern his Morality, is not a Dram better than my Maftift-Do;; ; fo long as you ftroke him, and pleafe him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...kinds of goodness that are peculiar and proper to the several relations wherein a man stands. IBID. HE that has not religion to govern his morality, is...not a dram better than my mastiff dog: so long as you stroke him aud please him, and do not pinch him, he wilt play with you as finely as may be; he...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...and my duty towards man. What care I to see a man run after a sermon, if he cozen and cheat as soon as he comes home. On the other side morality must...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...
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Essays, Moral and Entertaining

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 pages
...and my duty towards man. What care I to see a man run after a sermon, if he cozen and cheat as soon as he comes home ? On the other side, morality must...his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff (log; so long as you stroke him and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely...
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The British Prose Writers: Sheldon's table talk. Sir W. Blackstone's ...

1821 - 328 pages
...and my duty towards man. What care I to see a man run after a sermon, if he cozen and cheat as soon as he comes home ? On the other side, morality must...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...
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Selden's table talk

John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...and my duty towards man. What care I to see a man run after a sermon, if he cozen and cheat as soon as he comes home ? On the other side, morality must...; for if so, it may change, as I see convenience. Religiou must govern it. He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than...
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Table-talk; Or, Selections from the Ana: Containing Extracts from the ...

George Moir - 1827 - 466 pages
...and my duty towards man. What care I to see a man run after a sermon, if he cozen and cheat as soon as he comes home? On the other side, morality must...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...
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