 | Thomas H. Dickinson, Frederick William Roe - 1908 - 506 pagina’s
...says 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 15 be used like a lord by those who have an opinion of my parts; whether right or wrong is no great... | |
 | 1910 - 516 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.... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast, Percy Van Dyke Shelly - 1910 - 564 pagina’s
...to doubt his sincerity when he says of himself: "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." Swift then is himself an actor in the farce he satirizes; he not only hates his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 278 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.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1913 - 522 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... | |
 | J. Prinsen - 1925 - 558 pagina’s
...became her warm friend" *). Van zich zelf verklaart hij : „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 - 1926 - 396 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... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 pagina’s
...letter to Pope he makes the following confession : ' All my endeavours from a boy to distinguish myself were only 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 great... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 pagina’s
...man who was driven by a consuming ambition: '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 - 2007 - 298 pagina’s
...himself in one of his letters to Bolingbroke: — "All my endeavours to distinguish myself were only13 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 great14 matter.... | |
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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,... 
