 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 418 דפים
...only a dangerous libertinism in tuckers and hoops ; * or a nuisance in the abuse of beaux' canes and before. At that time he declined it, and I really...would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 580 דפים
...Addison's being declared secretary of state with the less surprise, in that I know that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it,...would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that... | |
 | Bonamy Dobrée - 1925 - 400 דפים
...declared Secretary of State ", she wrote, " with the less surprise that I know the post was offered him before. At that time he declined it ; and I really believe he would have done well to decline it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess, do... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 דפים
...Addison's being declared Secretary of State with the less surprise, in that I knew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it,...would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that... | |
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I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared secretary of state with the less surprise, in that I knew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe that he would have done well to have declined it... 
