 | Augustus Antoine Cornelius Meves - 1868 - 380 דפים
...solicited and obtained of the King considerable sums * " A moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. The first necessary qualification of an orator is impudence, and as Demosthenes said of action, the... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1869 - 450 דפים
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a modest merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest...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."... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1876 - 416 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...my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve everv thing, and are capable of every thing ; but nobody else will believe it, if thev see you get... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1887 - 574 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...which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived in : it is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1892 - 342 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." There is a tone of pique in her reference to the matter in the lively sketch of the Court of George... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 580 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...which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived in: it is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing;... | |
 | George Paston - 1907 - 640 דפים
...W[alpo]le, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancements have been remarkably impudent. . . . " If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon...which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived in. It is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve everything, and are capable of everything.... | |
 | George Paston - 1907 - 628 דפים
...W[alpo]le, and all other remarkable instances of quick advancements have been remarkably impudent . . . " If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon...which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived in. It is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve everything, and are capable of everything.... | |
 | George Paston - 1907 - 672 דפים
...is founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived in. It is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve everything, and are capable of everything. But nobody else will believe you if they see you get nothing."... | |
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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... 
