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" I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it, my reflections are filled with repentance for my imprudence, but not with any remorse for being a villain, that may be a character you unjustly charge me with. "
Shadows of the Old Booksellers - Page 169
by Charles Knight - 1865 - 320 pages
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Mahomet and his successors

Washington Irving - 1882 - 714 pages
....generosity, I might surely now have been in better circumstances. I am guilty, I own, of meannesses next reared the banner ; but he too fell beneath...sword. Khaled, the new convert, seeing the three Mosle -Hot with any remorse for being a 'villain ; that1 may be a character you unustly charge me with. Your...
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Complete Works, Volume 5

Washington Irving - 1882 - 966 pages
...the sharper, since, unable to pay my own debts one way, I would generally give some security another. No, sir ; had I been a sharper — had I been possessed of less good-nature and native generosity, I might surely now have been in better circumstances. " I am guilty,...
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Goldsmith

William Black - 1883 - 268 pages
...this amiable vanity. As for Goldsmith, every one must remember his reply to Griffiths' accusation : "No, sir, had I been a sharper, had I been possessed...might surely now have been in better circumstances." The Man in Black, in any case, is a delightful character. We detect the warm and generous nature even...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. Letters

Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 528 pages
...act the sharper, since, unable to pay my debts one way, I would willingly give some security another. No, Sir, had I been a sharper, had I been possessed...been in better circumstances. I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it : my reflections are filled with repentance for...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. Letters

Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 506 pages
...act the sharper, since, unable to pay my debts one way, I would willingly give some security another. No, Sir, had I been a sharper, had I been possessed...been in better circumstances. I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it : my reflections are filled with repentance for...
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The life and adventures of Peg Woffington, Volume 2

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1884 - 326 pages
...true society.' K2 ' Had I been a sharper,' he continues, with a bitterness wrung from his heart, ' had I been possessed of less good nature and native...been in better circumstances. I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it ; my reflections are filled with repentance for...
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The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington, Volume 2

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1885 - 306 pages
...me, true society.' ' Had I been a sharper,' he continues, with a bitterness wrung from his heart, ' had I been possessed of less good nature and native...been in better circumstances. I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it ; my reflections are filled with repentance for...
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Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...the sharper, since, unable to pay my own debts one way, I would generally give some security another. No, sir; had I been a sharper— had I been possessed of less good-nature and native generosity, I might surely now have been in better circumstances. "I am guilty,...
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The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1887 - 378 pages
...sharper,' he continues, with a bitterness wrung from his heart, ' had I been possessed of less good-nature and native generosity, I might surely now have been in better circumstances. I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it ; my reflections are filled with repentance for...
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Life of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

Austin Dobson - 1888 - 252 pages
...evidently called him) ; had he been so, had he been possessed of less good nature and native generosity, he might surely now have been in better circumstances. " I am guilty, I own," he says, " of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it, my reflections are filled with repentance...
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