 Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared? Now, let me probe my very soul. Does my cheek blanch ? I have the mind for the conception; and I can perform right skilfully upon the most splendid of musical...  Vivian Grey - Page 22by Benjamin Disraeli - 1906 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English fiction - 1842 - 418 pages
...spirit, I would explain Jove's terrestrial visitings. For to govern man, even the god appeared to feel os a man ; and sometimes, as a beast, was apparently...they not brought together? Shall I, because my birth balks my fancy — shall I pass my life a moping misanthrope in an old chateau ? Supposing I om in... | |
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...profound reflection which prompts the youthful hero of the book to his course of action was this : — " How many a powerful noble wants only wit to be a Minister...to attain the same end ? That noble's influence." Not many years after this Mr. Disraeli was seen in public very close to Lord Chandos. But it was not... | |
 | John Scott (Political writer, of Belfast.) - Great Britain - 1868 - 296 pages
...Lord DERBY'S support. "At this moment," says your own hero, " how many a powerful noble only wants wit to be a Minister ; and what wants Vivian Grey...assist each other why are they not brought together?" Lord DERBY may have been a reader of "Vivian Grey," and have drawn useful conclusions from the reading.... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - Great Britain - 1879 - 756 pages
...my great game.'" f Having reached this view of life, Vivian Grey contemplates his means of success. "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...Grey to attain the same end ? That noble's influence Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now let me probe my very soul. Does... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - Authors, English - 1879 - 270 pages
...never paused, in swift sentences which seemed to burn the paper. " At this moment," he soliloquised, "how many a powerful noble wants only wit to be a...to attain the same end ? That noble's influence." Accident brings him into the company of the Marquis of Carabas, a very great noble with very moderate... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - 1880 - 354 pages
...my great game. " 3 Having reached this view of life, Vivian Grey contemplates his means of success. "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...Grey to attain the same end? That noble's influence. . . . . Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now, let me probe my very soul.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1880 - 820 pages
...profound reflection which prompts the youthful hero of the book to his course of action was this : " How many a powerful noble wants only wit to be a minister...Grey to attain the same end? That noble's influence." Not many years after this Mr. Disraeli was seen in public very close to Lord Chandos. But it was not... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1880 - 616 pages
...of Commons ; he would not be Prime Minister of England. For to that it soon came ; came at last. ' At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end? ' What Vivian Grey once wanted to attain that end he had long since compassed. Only the opportunity... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1880 - 334 pages
...House of Commons; he would not be Prime Minister of England. For to that it soon came; came at last. "At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end?" What Vivian Grey once wanted to attain that end he had long since compassed. Only the opportunity was... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 610 pages
..."Mankind, then," says Vivian Grey, "is my game. At this moment, how many a powerful noble only wants wit to be a Minister; and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end? That noble's influence." And, in due time, the creator of "Vivian" became a Minister; for in February, 1852, Lord Derby made... | |
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