Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bo...ne, but to set it, Sir.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had ...rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory:LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mi...nd; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at ano...ther man's table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by one's self.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call... a Gentle-man and is nothing else.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine. If a singer sing from a sense of duty or from seeing no way to escape,... I had rather have none. Those only can sleep who do not care to sleep; and those only write or speak best who do not too much respect the writing or the speaking.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Miss Weare attended on Lady Dellwyn as her shadow. And as she had before received a great deal of flattery at second hand, so she ...now received a great deal of contempt in the same manner, with this material difference, that the flattery which came to her share ... lost much of its respectful manner by the way, whereas [the] contempt fell with redoubled force on her ... insomuch that Miss Weare often repined and secretly wished that she had rather submitted to the meanest employment ... than taken up the trade of being an humble companion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and lett...ing the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post which any human power can give.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »