 | John Mathew Gutch - Impostors and imposture - 1817 - 82 pages
...numerous dupes of various denominations, who were so completely juggled and out-witted ?—They must console themselves with the doctrine of Hudibras,...imposition, to be active and zealous in well-doing. A VOCABULARY OF WORDS, WITH THEIR MEANINGS, MADE USE OF BY CARABOO. Allah Tallab Samen Tarsa Mordains... | |
 | John Washbourn - Gloucestershire (England) - 1825 - 718 pages
...imperfectly acquainted with his real intention. [235] Were the truth of Butler's observation admissible, that " The pleasure is as great " In being cheated as to cheat," the royalists could have had no ground to complain of their disappointment ; but they had a better... | |
 | John Washbourn - Gloucester (England) - 1825 - 696 pages
...imperfectly acquainted with his real intention. [235] Were the truth of Butler's observation admissible, that " The pleasure is as great " In being cheated as to cheat," the royalists could have had no ground to complain of their disappointment ; but they had a better... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...who is, at the same time, an enthusiast. It is such as to remind us of the couplet which assures us that " The pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat. " Indeed, as I have observed elsewhere, the professed explanation of a tale, where appearances or incidents... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...who is, at the same time, an enthusiast. It is such as to remind us of the couplet which assures us that " The pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat. " Indeed, as I have observed elsewhere, the professed explanation of a tale, where appearances or incidents... | |
 | Edward Moor - India - 1834 - 612 pages
...easy parent of craft; and somewhat slyly said something Hudibrastically equivalent to the assertion that the pleasure is as great In being cheated, as to cheat. After all, I repeat my confession that I, unphilosophically, retain a portion of my early belief, tkat... | |
 | Edward Moor - India - 1834 - 554 pages
...easy parent of craft; and somewhat slyly said something Hudibrastically equivalent to the assertion that the pleasure is as great In being cheated, as to cheat. After all, I repeat my confession that I, unphilosophically, retain a portion of my early belief, that... | |
 | Walter Scott - Orkney (Scotland) - 1850 - 604 pages
...who is, at the same time, an enthusiast. It is such as to remind us of the couplet which assures us that " The pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat." Indeed, as I have observed elsewhere, the professed explanation of a tale, where appearances or incidents... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 618 pages
...have profited by the occasion, and stabbed us with our own weapons. Those who agree with the author of Hudibras, that '• The pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat," will find a justification for their tenet in the conclusion at which they will probably arrive, from... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 782 pages
...by the occasion, nd stabbed us with our own weaOH8. .Those who agree with the author : 'fludibras,' that ' The pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat,' U find a justification for their tenet the conclusion at which they will •bably arrive, from a consideration... | |
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console themselves with the doctrine of Hudibras, "That the pleasure is as great "In being cheated, as to cheat." BUTLER. In regard to Mrs. Worrall, should any reflection be thrown upon her character, for the part which she has acted, she has no doubt... 
