 | David Harrison Stevens - 1923 - 938 σελίδες
...son thought nothing belonged to a father but forgiveness and affection; no authority, no correction, no arbitrary power; nothing to be done but for him...piper. Well, but here it is under black and white, signatwn, sigillatum, and deliberatum : s that as soon as my son Benjamin is arrived, he is to make... | |
 | Daniel A. Berkowitz - 1997 - 556 σελίδες
...subservience to the father's wishes and his offensive behavior. "I warrant you," Sir Sampson says, "if he danced till Doomsday, he thought I was to pay the Piper." * That, in 1695, was the promise of an early paymaster. The threat of punishment for offenses has not... | |
 | F. Th Visser - 1966 - 688 σελίδες
...a man to be violent against himselfe (OED). | 1695 Congreve, Love for Love (Mermaid) II, i, p. 224, nothing to be done, but for him to offend, and me to pardon. \ 1814 Jane Austen, Mansf. Park 71, There was nothing to be done but for Mrs. G to alight and the others... | |
 | F. Th Visser - 1963 - 688 σελίδες
...a man to be violent against himselfe (OED). | 1695 Congreve, Love for Love (Mermaid) II, i, p. 224. nothing to be done, but for him to offend, and me to pardon. \ 1814 Jane Austen, Mansf. Park 71, There was nothing to be done but for Mrs. G to alight and the others... | |
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What, I warrant my son thought nothing belonged to a father but forgiveness and affection ; no authority, no correction, no arbitrary power; nothing to be done, but for him to offend, and me to pardon. I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought... 
