 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 страници
...expressed his regret on this subject to Mr. Fox in his library at Houghton, " 1 wish," he said, " I took as much delight in reading as you do, it would be the means of alleviating many tedious houi-s in my present retirement ; but to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." One... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1841 - 418 страници
...was increased to lord Oldborough, for to him the vast resource of a taste for literature was wanting. it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement. But, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." Lord Oldborough... | |
 | Robert Peel - 1843 - 504 страници
...on this subject to a friend who was reading in the library at Houghton. ' I wish,' he said, ' that I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would...the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement ; but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits.' " Surely these... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 488 страници
...circumstances, give us reason to doubt. He one day remarked to a friend, in the library at Houghton. " I wish I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours ; but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." His son Horace also informs us,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1848 - 518 страници
...expressed his regret on this subject to Mr. Fox, in the library at Houghton. " I wish," he said, " I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in_ my present retirement. But, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." Lord Oldborough... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1851 - 388 страници
...portrait the confeflion of Sir Robert Walpole to Mr. Fox, in the library at Houghton, — "I wifh I took as much delight in reading as you do : it would...misfortune, I derive no pleafure from fuch purfuits." In whatever degree, however slight, Thefe the poetical tafte may have been cultivated, the reward and... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 страници
...on this subject to a friend who was reading in the library at Houghton. ' I wish,' he said, ' that I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would...the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement ; but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits.'" Surely these... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1855 - 232 страници
...portrait the confession of Sir Robert Walpole to Mr. Fox, in the library at Houghton — " I wish I took as much delight in reading as you do : it would...the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement ; but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." Of course the... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1860 - 250 страници
...portrait the confession of Sir Robert Walpole to Mr. Fox, in the library at Houghton — " I wish I took as much delight in reading as you do : it would...the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement ; but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." Of course the... | |
 | Thomas Ballantyne - 1870 - 256 страници
...at Houghton, he is reported to have said, " I wish I could take as much delight in reading as you ; it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement. But, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits." On the other hand,... | |
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I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement. But, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits. 
