 ' are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, " ' and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops " ' are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of " ' quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and " ' mean fellows...  The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ... - Page 131834Full view - About this book
 | John Britton - 1808 - 882 pages
...are-gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of quality. And do you think that the spirits of such hase and mean fellows, will ever be able to encounter gentlemen...must get men of a spirit, and (take it not ill what 1 say) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far a» gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 520 pages
...spirits of such base and low fellows " as ours will ever be able to encounter gentlemen, that 1653 " have honour and courage and resolution in them ? You " must get men of spirit, and take it not ill that I say, of " a spirit that is likely to go as far as gentlemen will... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 560 pages
...sons, and persons of quality, do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will be ever able to encounter gentlemen, that have honour and courage and resolution in them ? Truly I presented him in this manner conscienciously, and truly I did tell him, you must get men... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...are most of them old decayed serving men, and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and their troops are gentlemen's younger sons, and persons of good...not ill what I say, of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will be beaten still :" I told him so. He was... | |
 | David Hume - 1819 - 396 pages
...persons of good quality. And do you think that the mean spirits of such hase and low fellows as ours will ever be able to encounter gentlemen that have...courage and resolution in them ? You must get men of spirit, and take it not ill that I say, of a spirit that is likely to go as far as gentlemen will go,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1821 - 614 pages
...to Hampden, and said, ' Do you think that the spirits 4 of such base and mean fellows will be ever able to encounter < gentlemen, that have honour, and courage, and resolution in ' them ?' Hampden, he adds, replied, that his notion was a good one but impracticable ; upon which Cromwell... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1822 - 616 pages
...sons, and persons of quality : —do you think the spirits of such base and mean fellows will be ever able to encounter gentlemen, that have honour, and courage, and resolution in them? Truly, I did tell him, you must get men of a spirit — of a spirit that will go on as far as gentlemen... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1824 - 424 pages
...sons and persons of quality : — do you think the spirits of such base and mean fellows will be ever able to encounter gentlemen that have honour, and...and resolution in them? You must get men of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen's will go, or else you will be beaten still. I raised such... | |
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