 They do not surprise me at all by so doing," said Johnson : " they see, reflected in that glass, men who have risen from almost the lowest situations in life; one to enormous riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune....  Annual Register - Page 285edited by - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 330 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune. They fee likewife, men who have merited their advancement by the exertion...this : That though a man of obfcure birth himfelf, his partiality to people of family was vifible on every occafion; his zeal for fubordination warm even... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 314 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give— rank, fame, and fortune. They fee likewife, men who have merited their advancement by the exertion...which God had given them ; and I fee not why they Ihould avoid the mirror." The other fingularity I promifed to record, is this : That though a man of... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 328 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune. They fee likewife, men who have merited their advancement by the exertion and improvement of thofc talents which God had given them ; and I fee not why they fhould avoid the mirror." The other... | |
 | History - 1788 - 524 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune. They fee likcwife, men who have merited their advancement by the exertion...improvement of thofe talents which God had given them; and I lee not vi hy they Ihould avoid the mirror." The other fingularity I promifed to record, is this, That... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune. They fee likewife men who have merited their advancement by the exertion...which God had given them ; and I fee not why they thoulii avoid the mirror." " The other fmgularity I promifed to record, is this. That, though a man... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...riches ; the other to every thing this world can give—rank, fame, and fortune. They see likewise men who have merited their advancement by the exertion and improvement of those talents, which God had given them; and I Gee not why they should avoid the mirror." " The other... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 506 pages
...riches, the" other to every thing this world can give, — rank, fame, and fortune. They see, likewise, men who have merited their advancement by the exertion and improvement of those talents which God had given them, and I see not why they should avoid the mirror." Though the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give— rank, fame, and fortune. They see likewise men who have merited their advancement by the exertion and improvement of those talents which God had given them ; and I see not why they should avoid the mirror.' " This year... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune. They see likewise men who have merited their advancement by the exertion and improvement of those talents which God had given them; and I see not why they should avoid the mirror.'" ft.,jjjr»This... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 366 pages
...riches, the other to every thing this world can give — rank, fame, and fortune. They see, likewise, men who have merited their advancement by the exertion and improvement of those talents which God had given them ; and I see not why they should avoid the mirror." The other... | |
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