 | 1875 - 610 pages
...year 1825, against Reform. " Decay," said Seithenyn, " is one thing and danger another. Everything that is old must decay. That the embankment is old,...is somewhat rotten in parts, I will not altogether gainsay ; that it is 'any the' worse 'for that', I do most sturdily gainsay. ... I say the parts that... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 528 pages
...prejudiced against modern improvements : " Prince Seithenyn," said Elphin, " I have visited you on ;t subject of deep moment. Reports have been brought...altogether deny ; that it is any the worse for that, 1 do most sturdily gainsay, luloes its business well : it works well : it keeps out the water from... | |
 | England - 1875 - 864 pages
...engine comes to utter smash. " Decay," said Seithenyn, " is one thing, and danger is another. Everything that is old must decay. That the embankment is old,...does its business well : it works well : it keeps the water out from the land, and it lets in the wine on the High Commission of Embankment. Cupbearer,... | |
 | England - 1875 - 786 pages
...engine comes to utter smash. " Decay," said Seithenyn, " is one thing, and danger is another. Everything that is old must decay. That the embankment is old,...am free to confess ; that it is somewhat rotten in parte, I will not altogether deny : that it is any the worse for that I do most sturdily gainsay. It... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1896 - 800 pages
...state of dangerous decay." " Decay," said Seithenyn, " is one thing, and danger is another. Everything that is old must decay. That the embankment is old,...gainsay. It does its business well : it works well : tt keeps out the water from the land, and it lets in the wine upon the High Commission of Embankment.... | |
 | Alexander Martin Freeman - Authors, English - 1911 - 360 pages
...lessening majority to be that of patriotism and general welfare. That the embankment, says the prince, " is somewhat rotten in parts, I will not altogether deny ; that it is any the worst far that, I do most sturdily gainsay. . . . Our ancestors were wiser than we : they built it... | |
 | John Boynton Priestley - English wit and humor - 1925 - 322 pages
...state of dangerous decay." " Decay," said Seithenyn, " is one thing, and danger is another. Everything that is old must decay. That the embankment is old,...for that, I do most sturdily gainsay. It does its E 65 business well : it works well : it keeps out the water from the land, and it lets in the wine... | |
 | Beverly Taylor, Elisabeth Brewer - History - 1983 - 394 pages
...illustrates Peacock's method of turning medieval comedy into serious satire of nineteenth-century issues: 'Every thing that is old must decay. That the embankment...most sturdily gainsay. It does its business well. . . . Our ancestors were wiser than we: they built it in their wisdom; and, if we should be so rash... | |
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is one thing, and danger is another. Every thing that is old must decay. That the embankment is old, I am free to confess; that it is somewhat rotten in parts, I will not altogether deny ; that it is any the worse for that, I do most sturdily gainsay.... 
