 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
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 pages
...quoted the anecdote of the lost fish, he says that, " all my endeavours from a boy to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...is no great matter ; and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue riband or of a coach and six horses." The phrase betrays... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 880 pages
...as much himself in one of his letters to Bolingbroke : — " All my endeavors to distinguish myself were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...does the office of a blue ribbon or a coach and six." f Could there be a greater candor ? It is an outlaw who says, " These are mv brains ; with these I'll... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pages
...says as much himself in one of his letters to Bolingbroke : — " All my efforts 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 these I'll... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 490 pages
...dictator, thirsting after 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 lie treated like a lord. . . . whether right or wrong, it is no great matter ; and so the reputation... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1884 - 498 pages
...of spirits, and I will farther tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong, it is no great matter; and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribband,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 500 pages
...of spirits, and I will farther tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that...have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong, it is no great matter; and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribband,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 322 pages
...of spirits, and 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...have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong it is no great matter ; and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue riband... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 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 I might be used 3:!) like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong33) is no great matter.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1885 - 1108 pages
...marred by power, and saying openly : ' All my endeavours from a boy to distinguish myself were cnly 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... | |
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