Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Affront
Am I to set my life upon a throw,
Because a bear is rude and surly? No—
A moral, sensible, and well-bred man,
Will not affront me, and no other can.
Cowper.—Conversation, Line 191.—See “Dwelling.”