 | 1842 - 418 pages
...as a beast, was apparently influenced by their vilest passions. Mankind, then, is my great game. " At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...they not brought together? Shall I, because my birth balks my fancy — shall I pass my life a moping misanthrope in an old chateau ? Supposing I om in... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1853 - 606 pages
...since contrived to run. We request particular attention to the following passages : — " ' At thi3 moment, how many a powerful noble wants only wit to...shall I pass my life a moping misanthrope in an old château ? Supposing 1 am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now, let me probe my very... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1859 - 358 pages
...sometimes as a beast, was apparently influenced by their vilest passions. Mankind, then, is my great game. "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...each other , why are they not brought together? Shall 1, because my birth baulks my fancy — shall I pass my life a moping misanthrope in an old chateau?... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1859 - 718 pages
...sometimes as a beast, was apparently influenced by their vilest passions. Mankind, then, is my great game. "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...influence. When two persons can so materially assist each otlier, why are they not brought together? Shall 1, because my birth baulks my fancy — shall I pass... | |
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...profound reflection which prompts the youthful hero of the book to his course of action was this : — " How many a powerful noble wants only wit to be a Minister...to attain the same end ? That noble's influence." Not many years after this Mr. Disraeli was seen in public very close to Lord Chandos. But it was not... | |
 | John Scott (Political writer, of Belfast.) - 1868 - 296 pages
...Lord DERBY'S support. "At this moment," says your own hero, " how many a powerful noble only wants wit to be a Minister ; and what wants Vivian Grey...assist each other why are they not brought together?" Lord DERBY may have been a reader of "Vivian Grey," and have drawn useful conclusions from the reading.... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - 1879 - 756 pages
...my great game.'" f Having reached this view of life, Vivian Grey contemplates his means of success. "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...Grey to attain the same end ? That noble's influence Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now let me probe my very soul. Does... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - 1879 - 270 pages
...never paused, in swift sentences which seemed to burn the paper. " At this moment," he soliloquised, "how many a powerful noble wants only wit to be a...to attain the same end ? That noble's influence." Accident brings him into the company of the Marquis of Carabas, a very great noble with very moderate... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - 1880 - 354 pages
...my great game. " 3 Having reached this view of life, Vivian Grey contemplates his means of success. "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...Grey to attain the same end? That noble's influence. . . . . Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now, let me probe my very soul.... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1880 - 334 pages
...House of Commons; he would not be Prime Minister of England. For to that it soon came; came at last. "At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end?" What Vivian Grey once wanted to attain that end he had long since compassed. Only the opportunity was... | |
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At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only wit to be a Minister; and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end ? That noble's influence. 
