It will render you cautious how you fly in the face of Providence.' In reference to that absurd and irreverent conventional phrase, the meek man said, for which Mr Podsnap was not responsible, he the meek man had no fear of doing anything so impossible; but-- But Mr Podsnap felt that the time had come for flushing and flourishing this meek man down for good.

So he said: 'I must decline to pursue this painful discussion.

It is not pleasant to my feelings; it is repugnant to my feelings.

I have said that I do not admit these things.

I have also said that if they do occur (not that I admit it), the fault lies with the sufferers themselves.