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
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| William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
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| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
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| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
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| John Forster - 1875 - 524 pages
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| 1876 - 844 pages
...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 pages
...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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