 If government should impose another tax upon that commodity I hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity without scruple ; and why...  The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters - 136 ページWilliam Cowper, William Hayley 著 - 1835全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 ページ
...gentleman might more successfully employ himself: a Chinese of ten times my fortune would avail himsslf of such an opportunity without scruple ; and why should...have exclaimed with rapture, that he had found the Emiiius, who (he supposed) had subsisted only in his own idea. I would recommend it to you to follow... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 ページ
...hardly know a business, in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity...as any mandarin in China ? Rousseau would have been charmevl to have seen me so occupied, and would have exclaimed, with rapture, " that he had found the... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 ページ
...hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity...exclaimed, with rapture, '' that he had found the Emilins, who (he supposed) had subsisted only in his own idea." I would recommend it to you to follow... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 ページ
...hardly know a business in which a, gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity without scruple; and why should not I, * The allinion in tins Idler is to Lord Thurlow, who was promoted to the Lord High Chancellorship of... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 ページ
...production either of art or nature.' In a letter to Mr. Unwin, he facetiously adverts to the same subject. ' Amico mio, be pleased to buy me a glazier's diamond...I, who want money as much as any mandarin in China ? I would recommend it to you to follow my example. You will presently qualify yourself for the task,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 384 ページ
...WILLIAM UNWIN. Olnev, September 81, 1779. Amico mio, be pleased to buy me a glazier's diamond pencil. 1 have glazed the two frames, designed to receive my...an opportunity without scruple ; and why should not 1, who want money as much as any mandarin in China ? Rousseau would have been charmed to have seen... | |
 | 1836 - 342 ページ
...hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity...I, who want money as much as any mandarin in China ? K uusseau would have been charmed to see me so occupied, and would have exclaimed, with rapture,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 388 ページ
...hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity without scruple ; and why should not 1, who want money as much as any mandarin in China? Rousseau would have been charmed to have seen me... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - 338 ページ
...hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity...mandarin in China? Rousseau would have been charmed to see me so occupied, and would have exclaimed, with rapture, " that he had found the Emilias, who (he... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1843 - 352 ページ
...hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity without scruple ; and why s'.iould not I, who want money as much as any mandarin in China ? Rousseau would have been charmed... | |
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