 ... 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
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1887 - 574 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...modest man ever did or ever will make his fortune. Tour friend Lord H[alifa]x, R. W[alpo]le, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancement,... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 דפים
...Mary Wortley Montagu, writing to Mr. Wortley Montagu, says: " Riches being another word for power, to the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification...impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of pronunciation [sic] in oratory) the second is impudence, and the third still impudence, no modest man ever did or... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1892 - 342 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...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... | |
 | 1894 - 740 דפים
...to do good ; riches being another word for Charles Dickens.) [February 3, 1894.) 115 power, towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification...second is impudence, and the third, still impudence. . . The Ministry is like a play at Court ; there's a little door to get in at, and a great crowd without,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 דפים
...Parl. Hist. vi. 1272. 1 In March 1691-2. Macaulay's Hist. vi. 191. Lady MW Montagu wrote in 1714: — 'No modest man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friend, Lord Halifax, R. Waipole, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancement, have been remarkably impudent' Letters,... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 580 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...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;... | |
 | Emily Morse] [Symonds - 1907 - 630 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...man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends Lord H[alifa]x, R. W[alpo]le, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancements have... | |
 | George Paston - 1907 - 640 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...man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends Lord H[alifa]x, R. W[alpo]le, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancements have... | |
 | George Paston - 1907 - 628 דפים
...duty to be rich, that it may be in 's power to do good ; riches being another word for power, towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification...second is impudence, and the third still, impudence. N modest man ever did, or ever will, make his fortune. Your friends Lord H[alifa]x, R. W[alpo]le, and... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 336 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...second is impudence, and the third, still, impudence. In 1716 Mr. Wortley was appointed Ambassador to the Porte, and on August I, he, with his wife, three-year-old... | |
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