[It4school-user] he was seized with a violent apoplecti

[Heape <pr...@sz...>]

S to him, and let him go. Give him his belly full of it. Away goes the
beast like a fury over hedge and ditch, till he runs himself off his
mettle; perhaps bogs himself, and then he grows quiet of course....
Besides, good people, do you not know the nature of the barking
creatures? If you pass but by, and take no notice, they will yelp and
make a noise, and perhaps run a little after you; but turn back, offer
to strike them or throw stones at them, and you'll never have done--nay,
you'll raise all the dogs of the parish upon you." This last was
precisely what the Government did, and they found reason to regret that
they did not take Defoe's advice and let Sacheverell alone. When,
however, they did resolve to prosecute him, Defoe immediately turned
round, and exulted in the prosecution, as the very thing which he had
foreseen. "Was not the _Review_ right when he said you ought to let such
people run on till they were out of breath?