 ... tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good ; riches being another word for power, towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of pronunciation in oratory) the...  The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - עמוד 49מאת Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1876 - 407 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 דפים
...to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good; riches being another word for power ; towards the obtaining of which, the first necessary qualification...advancement, have been remarkably impudent. The ministry, in short, is like a play at court; There's a little door to get in, and a great crowd without, shoving... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 584 דפים
...admirable letter we have just quoted. " The first necessary qualification," then, writes Lady Mary, " is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of pronunciation...man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends Lord Halifax, Robert Walpole, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancement, have... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 דפים
...impudence. No modest man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends, Lord Halifax, Robert Walpole, and all other remarkable instances of quick...remarkably impudent. The ministry is like a play at court ; there's a little door to get in, and a great crowd without — shoving and thrusting who shall be... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 576 דפים
...impudence. No modest man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends Lord Halifax, Robert Walpole, and all other remarkable instances of quick...remarkably impudent. The ministry is like a play at court ; there's a little door to get in, and a great crowd without, shoving and thrusting who shall be foremost... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 דפים
...be rich. that it may be in one's power to do good — riches being another word for power; towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification...remarkably impudent. The ministry is like a play at court : there's a little door to get in, and a great crowd without, shoving and thrusting who shall be foremost... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 דפים
...to be rich ; that it may be in one's power to do good ; riches being another word for power, towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification...impudence. No modest man ever did or ever will make hia fortune. Your friend, Lord Halifax, Mr. Walpole, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancement,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 536 דפים
...qualifications without it. The first necessary qualification is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of action in oratory) the second is impudence, and the third...man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends, Lord Halifax, Robert Walpole, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancement, have... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 דפים
...impudence. No modest man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends, Lord Halifax, Kobert Walpole, and all other remarkable instances of quick...remarkably impudent. The ministry is like a play at court ; there's a little door to get in, and a great crowd without — shoving and thrusting who shall be... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 דפים
...to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good ; riches being another word for power ; towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of action in oratory) the second is impudence, and the third, still impudence. No modest man ever did,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1853 - 374 דפים
...orator is impudence, ana, as Demosthenes said of action, the second is impudence, and the third is impudence. No modest man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune in public assemblies." — LADY M. AYORTLEY MONTAGUE, in Southey'i edition of Сокрег, v. 254.... | |
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