 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 pagina’s
...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 matter.... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 pagina’s
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great matter... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pagina’s
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong is no great matter.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 490 pagina’s
...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 - 1884 - 500 pagina’s
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong, it is no great... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1884 - 498 pagina’s
...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 I might be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong, it is no great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pagina’s
...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 matter.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 322 pagina’s
...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 by those who have an opinion of my parts ; whether right or wrong it is no great matter... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 pagina’s
...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 matter.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1885 - 1108 pagina’s
...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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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,... 
