 | 1817 - 696 Seiten
...sincerely wished the hon. gentleman might not be an instance of the truth of his own maxim. He said, " keep me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." No doubt the hon. gentleman did hia best ; but never was any man more unfortunate in all the observations... | |
 | 1825 - 458 Seiten
...for earth'it loveliest clliue, And mercy should blot out the real.* American Literary Gattttt. " Save me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies," was a saying of some one who, in all probabiity, had found by experience, that there is sometimes as much... | |
 | Martin Archer Shee - 1824 - 258 Seiten
...of this exemplary officer is, indeed, of a character which forcibly reminds us of the old adage : " defend me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." He pays the government under which he lives, and by which he has been so judiciously selected for the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 Seiten
...of this exemplary officer is, indeed, of a character which forcibly reminds us of the old adage : " Defend me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." He pays the government under which he lives, and by which he has been so judiciously selected for the... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1824 - 658 Seiten
...in jest. This doctrine is the strangest I have ever heard ; it put nie in mind of the adage, " Keep me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." (Hear !) Had I made such an attack on the character of the Marquess of Hastings, I should hare been... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1824 - 662 Seiten
...meant in jest. This doctrine is the strangest I have ever heard; it put me in mind of the adage, " Keep me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." (Hear!) Had I made such an at tack on the character of the Marquess of Hastings, I should have teen... | |
 | 1824 - 662 Seiten
...meant in jest. This doctrine is the strangest I have ever heard ; it put me in mind of the adage, "Keep me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." (Hear !) Had I made such an attack on the characterof theMarquess of Hastings, I should have been shouted... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1826 - 844 Seiten
...deserved favorites of mine, being perhaps the most pithy and pungent in the world: it is this — save me from my friends and I will take care of my enemies. I did not apprehend, said Mr. R. that any gentleman here would have raised any opposition to this resolution.... | |
 | 1829 - 440 Seiten
...Pharaohs than we really intend to be ; and to wonder that more of us have not discovered it. ' Save me from my friends and I will take care of my enemies,' is a motto which an artist has often to take to himself. There is scarcely any one thing which he has... | |
 | 1829 - 434 Seiten
...Pharaohs than we really intend to be ; and to wonder that more of us have not discovered it. ' Save me from my friends and I will take care of my enemies,' is a motto which an artist has often to take to himself. There is scarcely any one thing which he has... | |
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God! save me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies. 
