 | Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 322 страници
...Xenophon, I tell you it is almost incredible how opinions change by the decline or decay 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 I might be used like a lord... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 страници
...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 like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 страници
...the person of one whose manhood is to his as Ossa to a wart. "All my endeavours 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 is no great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 страници
...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 I might be used like a lord b\' those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no... | |
 | 1887 - 216 страници
...1745. IN one of his letters to Bolingbroke, Swift writes: " All my endeavors 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 is no great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 страници
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 страници
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 392 страници
...there was a serious 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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong is no... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 страници
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great... | |
 | 1893 - 804 страници
...of his ruling motive, and one which he at no time belied in conduct. " All my endeavors from a boy were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a lord by those who had an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great... | |
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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,... 
