 | William Minto - 1892 - 582 pages
...between a couple of friends that live perhaps in the opposite sides of the country." This is said to be " the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rathur see their children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1893 - 204 pages
...another station of life. What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications? Will...or profession that is beneath their quality. This humor fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation,... | |
 | 1894 - 264 pages
...himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ! 9. Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother...humour fills several parts of Europe with pride and SIR ROGER DE COVERLET. beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation like ours that the younger... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1894 - 358 pages
...another station of life. What good to his country or himself might not a trader or a merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ?...or profession that is beneath their quality. This humor fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...another station of life. What good to his country or himself might not a trader or a merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications? Will...or profession that is beneath their quality. This humor fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation,... | |
 | William Minto - 1895 - 578 pages
...a couple of friends that live perhaps in the opposite sides of the country. " This is said to be " the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see tbeir children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality."... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 232 pages
...another station of life. What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ?...thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.3 This humor 4 fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...Reader to compare what I have here writtei with what I have said in my Twenty first Specula tion* I /or Profession that is beneath their Quality* This Humour fills several Parts of Europe with Pride anc Beggary* It is the Happiness of a trading Nation, v like ours, that the younger Sons, tho' uncapable... | |
 | SAMUEL THRBER - 1898 - 236 pages
...another station of life. What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications? Will...or profession that is beneath their quality. This humor fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...another station of life. What good to his country, or himself, might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful, though ordinary, qualifications?...or profession that is beneath their quality. This humor fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation,... | |
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Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality. 
