When he first frets and pulls, keep a stiff rein and hold him in if you can; but if he grows mad and furious, slack your hand, clap your heels 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.