 I must have refused him, for he is on the side of the former. It is comfortable to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town however seems to be much at his service, and if he be equally successful...  Works: Life and Letters - Page 248by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1900 - 570 pages
...side of the former. It is comfortable to bo of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town, however,...service, and if he be equally successful throughout the country, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner, perhaps, was a little mortified, because... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1902 - 296 pages
...world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town, however, seems to be very much at his service, and if he be equally successful throughout the country, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner perhaps was a little mortified, because... | |
 | William Cowper, Thomas Wright - 1904 - 506 pages
...be equally successful throughout the county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner, perhaps, was a little mortified, because it was evident...importance. But had he thought proper to assure Mr. Grenville that I had three heads, I should not, I suppose, have been bound to produce them. Mr. Scott,... | |
 | William Cowper, Thomas Wright - 1904 - 508 pages
...side of the former. It is comfortable to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town, however,...county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner, perhaps, was a little mortified, because it was evident that I owed the honour of this visit... | |
 | GEORGE W. E. RUSSELL - 1906 - 348 pages
...most loving, kissing, kind-hearted gentleman. He is very young, genteel, and handsome. . . This town seems to be much at his service, and, if he be equally...the county, he will undoubtedly gain his election." And gain his election he did, coming in at the head of the poll; and in due course became Prime Minister... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1907 - 454 pages
...side of the former. It is comfortable to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town, however,...county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner, perhaps, was a little mortified, because it 286 was evident that I owed the honour of this... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1907 - 456 pages
...comfortable to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without dis-' obliging somebody. The town, however, seems to be much at his...county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner, perhaps, was a little mortified, because it 286 was evident that I owed the honour of this... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 664 pages
...side of the former. It is comfortable to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town however...county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner perhaps was a little mortified, because it was evident that I owed the honour of this visit... | |
 | Laura Emma Lockwood, Amy Ruth Kelly - 1911 - 326 pages
...he be equally successful throughout the county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner perhaps was a little mortified, because it was evident that I owed the honor of this visit to his misrepresentation of my importance. But had he thought proper to assure... | |
 | Mabel Duckitt - 1913 - 488 pages
...he be equally successfu throughout the country, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr. Ashburner perhaps was a little mortified, because it was evident...importance. But had he thought proper to assure Mr. Grenville that I had three heads, I should no I suppose have been bound to produce them. . To LADY... | |
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