 I may possibly acquire a genteel independence for life; when I think of that dignity which philosophy claims, to raise itself above contempt and ridicule ; when I think thus, I eagerly long to embrace every opportunity of separating myself from the vulgar,...  Lives of the novelists - Page 98by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...contempt and ridicule ; when I think thus, I eagerly long to embrace every opportunity of separating myself from the vulgar, as much in my circumstances, as I am already in my sentiments. I am going to publish n book, for an account of which I refer you to a letter, vrhich I wrote to my brother... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals for publishing, by subscription, his Essay on Polite Literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping...my circumstances as I am already in my sentiments. 1 find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition, which alone makes men great. I will, however,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals for publishing, by subscription, his Essay on Polite Literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping...my circumstances as I am already in my sentiments. 1 find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition, which alone makes men great. I will, however,... | |
 | 1825 - 610 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals for publishing, by subscription, his Essay on Polite Literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping himself for India, having obtained from the Comp.iny the appointment of physician to one of their factories on the coast of Coromandel. But to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...contempt and ridicule ; when I think thus, I eagerly long to embrace every opportunity of separating myself from the vulgar, as much in my circumstances as I am already in my sentiments. I am going to publish a book, for an account of which I refer you to a letter which I wrote to my brother... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 358 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals fou, publishing, ty subscription, his Essay on Polite literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping...•was more his desire than to increase his fortune. »J eagerly long , « he said , » to embrace every opportunity to separate myself from the vulgar,... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals for publishing, by subscription, his Essay on Polite Literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping...my circumstances as I am already in my sentiments. 1 find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition, which alone 1 Letter to Daniel Hodson,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals for publishing, by subscription, his Essay on Polite Literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping...from the vulgar, as much in my circumstances as I am alreadyin my sentiments. 1 find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition, which alone 1... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...partake in. He now circulated proposals for publishing, by subscription, his Essay on Polite literature in Europe, the profits of which he destined to equipping...from the vulgar, as much in my circumstances as I am alreadyin my sentiments. 1 find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition, which alone 1... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1836 - 572 pages
...contempt and ridicule ; when I think thus, I eagerly long to embrace every opportunity of separating myself from the vulgar as much in my circumstances, as I am already in my sentiments. 1 I know not how my desire of seeing Ireland, which had so long slept, has again revived with so much... | |
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