 He had the advantage both in learning and, in my opinion, genius: they both agreed in wanting money in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been as extensive as their imagination; yet each of them [was] so...  The history of Tom Jones - Page 6by Henry Fielding - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1805 - 296 pages
...in my opinion, genius: they both agreed in wanting money in spite t>f all their friends, and-would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been as extensive as their imagination; yet each of'diem was so formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal. I have read the Cry; and if I... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 pages
...in wanting money in spite of ail their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary landi had been as extensive as their imagination ; yet each...formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal." Montagu's Works, vol. 4. p. 307, edition by PlalUpt. That he keenly felt the miseries of his dependency,... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 374 pages
...in my opinion, genius : they both agreed in wanting money in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been...yet each of them was so formed for happiness, it is a pity he was not immortal. I have read the Cry ; and if I would write in the style to be Admired by... | |
 | 1821 - 346 pages
...money in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been as as extensive as their imagination ; yet each of them was so formed for happiness, it is a pity he was not immortal. I have read the Cry ; and if I would write in the style to be admired by... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 260 pages
...in my opinion, genius ; they both agreed in wanting "money, in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been...extensive as their imagination ; yet each of them was s formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal." Some resources were necessary for a man of... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Walter Scott - 1831 - 564 pages
...in wanting money, in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lauds had been as extensive as their imagination ; yet each...formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal." A* Some resources were necessary for a man of pleasure, and Fielding found them in his pen, having,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...and Sir Richard Steele. They both agreed in wanting money, in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been as extensive as their imaginations ; yet each of them was so formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal :" —... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 454 pages
...in my opinion, genius : they both agreed in wanting money in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been...formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal. I have read the Cry; and if I would write in the style to be admired by good Lord Orrery, I would tell... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...and Ëd have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had as extensive as their imagination ; yet each of was so formed for happiness, it is pity he was not...found them in hi.s pen, having, as he used to say niuisclf, no alternative, but to be a hackney writer, or a hackney coachman. He at first employed himself... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 pages
...that of Henry Fielding. 'They both agreed in wanting money, in spite of all their friends ; and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been...formed for happiness it is pity he was not immortal.' .Gibber's description of Steele's mode of proceeding with the managers of Drury Lane, is as true a... | |
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