 | 1845 - 562 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had by all sorts of crimes amassed immense wealth,) was so sensible of the disadvantage...character, that I heard him once say, in his impudent and profligate manner, that, though he would not give one farthing for virtue, he would give ten thousand... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had, by all sorts of crimes, amassed immense wealth) was so sensible of the disadvantage...give ten thousand pounds for a character ; because he should get a hundred thousand pounds by it : whereas he was so blasted that he had no longer an opportunity... | |
 | Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff - 1851 - 130 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had, by all sorts of crimes, amassed immense wealth) was so sensible of the disadvantage...character, that I heard him once say, in his impudent, proflígate manner, that, though he wculd not give a farthing for virtue, he would give ten thou. sand... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...had, by all sorts of crimes, amassed immense wealth,) was so sensible of the disadvantage of a had character, that I heard him once say, in his impudent...give ten thousand pounds for a character ; because he should get a hundred thousand pounds by it; whereas, he was so blasted, that he had no longer an opportunity... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 642 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had, by all sorts of crimes, amassed immense wealth), was so sensible of the disadvantage...give ten thousand pounds for a character; because he should get a hundred thousand pounds by it; whereas, he was so blasted, that he had no longer an opportunity... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had by all sorts of crimes amassed immense wealth), was so sensible of the disadvantage...character, that I heard him once say, in his impudent and profligate manner, that, though he would not give one farthing for virtue, he would give ten thousand... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had by all sorts of crimes amassed immense wealth), was so sensible of the disadvantage...character, that I heard him once say, in his impudent and profligate manner, that, though he would not give one farthing for virtue, he would give ten thousand... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 pages
...was, I believe, the most notorious blasted rascal in the world, and who had by all sorts of crimes amassed immense wealth), was so sensible of the disadvantage of a bad character, that 1 heard him once say, in his impudent and profligate manner, that, though he would not give one farthing... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Charles Caleb Colton - 1861 - 268 pages
...immense wealth,) sensible of the disadvantage of a bad character, was once heard to say, that " although he would not give one farthing for virtue, he would...give ten thousand pounds for a character ; because he should get a hundred thousand pounds by it." Is it possible, then, that an honest man can neglect what... | |
 | Jessy Quinn Thornton - 1864 - 430 pages
...immense wealth, sensible of the disadvantages of a bad character, was once heard to say, that, although he would not give one farthing for virtue, he would...give ten thousand pounds for a character, because he should get a hundred thousand pounds by it. Lord Chesterfield concludes by asking, whether it is possible,... | |
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I heard him once say, in his impudent, profligate manner, that though he would not give one farthing for virtue, he would give ten thousand pounds for a character ; because he should get a hundred thousand pounds by it ; whereas, he was so blasted, that... 
