 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 - Page 100edited by - 1868Full view - About this book
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1862 - 896 pages
...action of his life. "All my endeavors from a boy to distinguish myself," he writes to Bolingbroke, " were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter ;" and it may bo supposed, after this humiliating confession, that the scruples... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...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...great learning does the office of a blue ribbon or a coach-and-six.' 1 Could there be a greater candour ? It is an outlaw, who says, ' These are my brains... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1864 - 496 pages
...boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, thai I miglit be u*ed like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter." This was indeed but a low and creeping ambition ; and the fruit — at least... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pages
...says, " All my endeavors, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for the want of a great title, 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."* His was a great, an immense, but an evil genius : " Less than archangel ruined,... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1865 - 858 pages
...says, " All my endeavors, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for the want of a great title, 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."* His was a* great, an immense, but an evil genius : " Less than... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1866 - 484 pages
...power and notoriety; or, as he says himself, " All my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts—whether right or wrong, it is no •great matter." This was indeed but a low and creeping ambition.;... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1866 - 488 pages
...power and notoriety ; or, as he says himself, " All my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I migJit be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 pages
...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."* Could there be a greater candour? It is an outlaw, who says, "These are... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...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." * Could there be a greater candour? It is an outlaw, who says, " These... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 pages
...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." * Could there be a greater candour ? It is an outlaw, who says, " These... | |
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