Himfelf

It was therefore argued, that his cott - duA was very fufpicious, in as much as he had not taken up his freedom for thirtjr years after his apprenticeOiip expired, and came forward to claim it at the eve of an eledion; that during that long interval, he had fufficient time to claim, and if he had been refufed, ought to have applied for a mandamus; neither had he ufed fuch diligence on the prefent occafion as to put the mayor in the wrong, or to entitle himfelf to the benefit of Lord Parker's rule in Auftin indOlbornc. ❋ Unknown (1793)

He muft call himfelf often to an ac - count, whether he does fo or not, and make life of the means of grace in order to know and to do his duty. ❋ Unknown (1795)

No man, who calls himfelf a Chriftian, ought to have to do lefs or more with fuch people and praiJlices, left he become a fubjeCl of Satan and-his kingdom, while he thinks the leaft of being fo., ❋ Unknown (1795)

Arrived at Sugulmefla, the governor had him feized as an impoftor; but, fearing to irritate the people, and refpecting his ori - gin, lie calling himfelf the descendant of Fatima, the daughter of Mahomet, the go - vernor gave him his liberty. ❋ Unknown (1788)

At this time a Moor, of the province of Dara, whofe name was Mahpmet-Ben-Achmet, calling himfelf a Sharif and defcendant of the Prophet, perceiving that the contentions which exifted in the provinces might fa - vour a revolution; and knowing, alfo, the afcendant which religion has over the minds of the vulgar, thought proper to employ thefe means to accomplifh his pro - jects of ambition. ❋ Unknown (1788)

All thefe gentle - men got very familiarly round me, and their leader, who called himfelf an ar - chitedb, and thought he was one, pre* fuming already on my tradlability in foU lowing his advice, propofed to me to verify all the meafures by his own. ❋ Unknown (1785)

An Arragonian, who called himfelf Avellaneda, had the impudence to publifti, during our Author's life, "A Continuation" of "Don Quixote." ❋ Unknown (1785)

While the favage curfeth the birth of his fon, and blefleth the death of his father; doth he not call himfelf a monfter? ❋ Unknown (1783)

He is below himfelf, that is not above an in - jury. ❋ Unknown (1782)

I Her houfe will ever be an afylum. to you from the brutal rage of the wretch who calls himfelf your hufband; yet,, my dear, I truft you will endeavour, to acqiiit yourfelf of your duty, as a wife and mother, fhould Heaven fend you another child, in the room of that fweet babe we all fo unreafonably lamented - ❋ Unknown (1777)

This is a young man, Sir, who calls himfelf a pilgrim: he flod hither from thellorm, but feemed moil frightened by the fear of apparitions, with which, weak minds imagine this valley i« ❋ Unknown (1776)

Suffice it to fay, that Spot and Pick appear to have been names, not affumei by the Caledonians themfelves, but impofed on them by the Romans and others from local circumftances; the/illiterate Highlander, who ftill calls himfelf Cael, and his countiiy Caeldoch, being an abfolute. ftrangejr to either. ❋ Unknown (1770)

The primitive Chriftian3 ufed to make their children commit it to memory — and every one who calls himfelf a Chriftian ought to bear its leflbns engraven on his heart in indelible cha - raftcrs. ❋ Unknown (1767)

Thus in cafe of a trefpafs fubmitted, the arbitrators award that one fhall pay the other 3/. this is void, becaufe only on one fide; for it is not faid for what, and fo the trefpafs is not difcharged; and then the other party hath no advantage by the award •, but if it were awarded de di? fupcr pr. to any man; but if the award be to command the juftices to do it, this is no good award •, for the parties in effect pray leave to agree from the king himfelf, which is quite different from the nature of a command, ❋ Unknown (1769)

Oc - tavian, who called himfelf Vi (3: or the Fourth, had the prote£lion of the emperor Frederick v. Radcvic, the Firft, furnamed Barbaroffa. ❋ Unknown (1777)

Natural allegiance is therefore perpetual, and local temporary only: and that for this reafon, evidently founded upon the nature of government; that allegiance is a debt due from the fubject, upon an implied contract with the prince, that fo long as the one affords protection, fo long the other will demean himfelf faithfully. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When an Hiflorian is much given to difTertation, and is ready to philofophife and Speculate on all that he records, a fufpicion natu - rally arifes, that he will be in hazard of adapting his narrative of fa6ls to favour fome fyflem which he has formed to himfelf. ❋ Unknown (1812)

The Pn fident of the U. \. faid, in fo many words to the perfou at the head of that '§ov - rnment, that he did not underftand what belonged to Hi* own bonor, as well as it was underftood by the Prtfident himfelf. ❋ Unknown (1812)

I beg the gentleman's pardon — * he has fecured to himfelf a more imperifhable fame. ❋ Unknown (1812)