 I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter,...  The North American Review - Página 100editado por - 1868Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 páginas
...as much himself in one of his letters to Bolingbroke : — " All my endeavours to distinguish myself were only for want of a. great title and fortune,...of wit and great learning does the office of a blue riband or a coach and six." * Could there be a greater candour ? It is an outlaw, who says, " These... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 páginas
...heaven, would die. — N. Rowc. Jonathan Swift. 1667-1745. All my endeavours to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts. — Swift. The most unhappy man on earth. — Dr. King. Young man, you will never be a poet. — Dryden.... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 páginas
...dictator, marred by power, and saying openly : ' All my endeavours from a boy to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be treated like a lord. . . . Whether right or wrong, it is no great matter ; and so the reputation of... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 páginas
...dictator, marred by power, and saying openly : ' All my endeavours from a boy to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be treated like a lord. . . . Whether right or wrong, it is no great matter ; and so the reputation of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 páginas
...as much himself in one of his letters to Bolingbroke : — " All my endeavours to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...of wit and great learning does the office of a blue riband or a coach and six." f might occasion his English friends to wish him happily and properly promoted... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 páginas
...as much himself in one o{ his letters to Bolingbroke : — " All my endeavors to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...the office of a blue ribbon or a coach and six."* Could there be a greater candor ? It is an outlaw, who says, " These are my brains; with thefe I'll... | |
 | John Forster - 1875 - 524 páginas
...gravity of meaning. ' I will tell you that all ' my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only ' for want of a great title and fortune,...wrong is no great matter : and so the ' reputation of great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, ' or of a coach and six horses.' Swift's English visit... | |
 | John Forster - 1875 - 530 páginas
...gravity of meaning. ' I will tell you that all •* my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only ' for want of a great title and fortune,...wrong is no great matter : and so the ' reputation of great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, ' or of a coach and six horses.' Swift's English visit... | |
 | 1876 - 844 páginas
...its gravity of meaning. " I will tell you that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...wrong is no great matter : and so the reputation of great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses." Queen Anne had only... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 498 páginas
...its gravity of meaning : " I will tell you that all my endeavors, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...wrong is no great matter ; and so the reputation of great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses." Swift's English visit... | |
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