 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 556 דפים
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced, than the "greatest...mistake, I would not be undeceived ; it is my interest to be.*' '. Of • r; *- »y - * VJK. 2""" T^ .*.— V. ' lieve people generally esteem you impartial... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 דפים
...squeezed to death, and sees a thousand get in before him, that don't make so good a figure as himself. " If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon...will believe it, if they see you get nothing."— Vol. ip 250 — 252. The second volume, and a part of the third, are occupied with those charming letters,... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1845 - 434 דפים
...worth a cent." " A moderate merit," says Lady Mary Wortley Montague, "with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it." 09 English Cases — Torrence v. Gibbons. In Un- (lin i и'ч BenelL Before the Right Honorable Lord... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 דפים
...squeezed to death, and sees a thousand get in before him, that don't make so good a figure as himself. " If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon...but nobody else will believe it, if they see you get nothing."—Vol. i. pp. 250—252. The second volume, and a part of the third, are occupied with those... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 756 דפים
...squeezed to death, and sees a thousand get in before him, that don't make so good a figure as himself. " If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon...but nobody else will believe it, if they see you get nothing."—Vol. i. pp. 250—252. The second volume, and a part of the third, are occupied with those... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 דפים
...belongs only to a shameless impostor. " A moderate merit," writes she, " with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. The first necessary qualification is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of action in oratory) the... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 576 דפים
...merit," Lady Mary Wortley Montague very sensibly tells her husband, " with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it." Thurlow was certainly very fully impressed with the truth of this maxim, which indeed his brethren... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 דפים
...squeezed to death, and sees a thousand get in before him that don't make so good a figure as himself. If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon...my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve everything, and are capable of everything ; but nobody else will believe it if they see you get nothing.'... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 דפים
...belongs only to a shameless impostor. " A moderate merit," writes she, " with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. The first necessary qualification is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of action in oratory) the... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 דפים
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced, than the greatest qualifications without it.' " Her letters from the Levant, for point, interest, and, as subsequent travellers have proved, correctness... | |
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I don't say it is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. If this letter is impertinent, it is founded... 
