| Sketches - 1799 - 204 sider
...advantage. But even now nothing could induce him to leave Gloucestershire. " Shall I," he writes in reply, " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly...evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? Admitting it as a certainty that I obtain both,- what stock shall I add... | |
| 1827 - 640 sider
...Square — clear 10,000/. ayear will be the result of your practice." " Shall I," replied Jenner. " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly...evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add... | |
| 1833 - 646 sider
...with a friend, on the subject of Mr. Cline's recommendation, the following passage is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought...mountain; — shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, bold mysrif upas an object for fortune and for fame T Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both,... | |
| 1833 - 600 sider
...with a friend, on the subject of Mr. Cline's recommendation, the following passage is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered patbs of life, — the valley, and not the mountain ; — shall I, now my evening is fast approaching,... | |
| 1861 - 610 sider
...and not ambition, actuated all his labours, and he clung with affection to hia native town, loving the lowly and sequestered paths of life — the valley, and not the mountains : with wishes easily satisfied, he did not wish to hold himself up as an object for fortune... | |
| 1839 - 526 sider
...all his labours. ' Shall I,' he says in a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to... | |
| 1839 - 518 sider
...all his labours. ' Shall I,' lie says in a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to... | |
| Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 sider
...all his labours. ' Shall I,' he says in a letter to a friend, ' who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is last approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows... | |
| 1839 - 518 sider
...friend, ' who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the Talley and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 sider
...actuated his labors. " Shall I," said he in a letter to a friend, "who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows in from my profession, is amply sufficient to... | |
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