...wish their doctrine true. It is sweet to those who love to sin, but cannot abide to pay the damages. ' No rogue e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law.' TRUMBOLL. But do the fervent wishes of the malefactor, that there might be no constables, juries, judges...

...among those who strive to live by their wits rather than by honorable exertions. In other words — " No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, , With good opinion of the law." Had Hines exerted but half the-talent and perseverance which he has exercised as a "professor of appropriation,"...

...before you are generous. [See 508.] 828. ROGUES. When rogues fall out, honest men come by their own. No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. Give a rogue rope, and he will hang himself. Ed. Rogues revel on spoils that rob them of heaven. 829....

...all kinds, denouncing them as nuisances because he knows their power of counteraction to himself : " No rogue e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law." From their peculiar position, elements and opportunities of influence, the ministry have ever been...

...war indeed. That its execution would in some instances be partially resisted, we have no doubt; for " no rogue e'er felt the halter draw with good opinion of the law;" but this is not a sufficient reason for opposing its enactment and enforcement. If the people have...

...the rightful province of civil law. This is suspicious, and reminds us strongly of the Hudibrastic couplet : — " No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law." , But conclusive as might be the evidence drawn from immemorial usage, we are not obliged to depend...

...account of his official conduct, Mr. W. thought it very probable the fact was so; for, said he, What rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law ? The absence of evidence, so easily to have been obtained if the charges had been true, was a strong...

...account of his official conduct, Mr. W. thought it very probable the fact was so ; for, said he, What rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law 1 The absence of evidence, so easily to have been obtained if the charges had been true, was a strong...

...account of his official conduct, Mr. W. thought it very probable the fact was so ; fur, said he, What rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law 1 The absence of evidence, so easily to have been obtained if the charges had been true, was a strong...

...oratory — altogether too Calvinistic to suit the taste of his hearers. But it must be remembered " That no rogue e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law." Doctor Nott, I should say, was neither a Calvinist nor a Lutheran. In other words, he was no bigoted...