 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1852 - 264 pages
...ordinary Qualifications ? Will Wimble's is the Case of many a younger Brother of a great Family, who had rather see their Children starve like Gentlemen, than...Trading Nation, like ours, that the younger Sons, though uncapable of any liberal Art or Profession, may be placed in such a Way of Life, as may perhaps enable... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1852 - 266 pages
...ordinary Qualifications ? Will Wimble's is the Case of many a younger Brother of a great Family, who had rather see their Children starve like Gentlemen, than...Trading Nation, like ours, that the younger Sons, though uncapable of any liberal Art or Profession, may be placed in such a Way of Life, as rnay perhaps enable... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...ordinary qualifications ? Will Wimble's is the caso of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than...several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is t\ic happiness of a trading nation, like ours, that the younger sons, though incapable of any liberal... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 pages
...ordinary qualifications ? Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than...their quality. This humour fills several parts of Piurope with pride and beggary. It is the happiness of a trading nation, like ours, that the younger... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...qualifications! Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rallier make an innocent if not an improving entertainment,...piece? in human nature, I shall endeavour to point »uch a way of life, as may perhaps enable them to vie with the best of their family. Accordingly we... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1861 - 250 pages
...upon The Rev. ROBERT SCOTT. Uno avulfo non deficit alter ! and Balliol will ftill keep up its Name. Nation, like ours, that the younger Sons, though incapable of any liberal Art or Profeflion, may be placed in fuch a Way of Life as may perhaps enable them to vie with the beft of... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Gentry - 1861 - 250 pages
...ROBERT SCOTT. Una a-Tjulfo nan deficit alter ! and Balliol will ftill keep up its Name. Old Squires. 119 Nation, like ours, that the younger Sons, though incapable of any liberal Art or Profeflion, may be placed in fuch a Way of Life as may perhaps enable them to vie with the belt of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...ordinary qualifications? Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession :hat is beneath their quality. This humour [ills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 582 pages
...officer, a player, a dull poet, a quack doctor, a scraping fiddler, and a lame German dancing-master.' rather see their children starve like gentlemen than...several parts of Europe with pride and beggary.' It is unlucky and disagreeable to be obliged to differ so often from a writer whom we respect and admire,... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 574 pages
...player, a dull poet, a quack doctor, a scraping fiddler, and a lame German dancing-master.' rather rather see their children starve like gentlemen than...several parts of Europe with pride and beggary.' It is unlucky and disagreeable to be obliged to differ so often from a writer whom we respect and admire,... | |
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What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ? Will. Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen,... 
