... 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
| 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 1, he, with his wife, three-year-old... | |
| Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 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...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... | |
| Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 550 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... | |
| Isobel Grundy - 1999 - 718 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...Demosthenes said of Pronunciation in Oratory) the 2nd is Impudence, and the 3rd, still, Impudence. No modest Man ever did or ever will make his Fortune... | |
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