 I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions ; and, would you believe it ! he was so absurd as to say ' I can earn as much as will supply my wants without writing for any party ; the assistance you offer is therefore unnecessary to me...  Tracts for the people - Sayfa 137Tracts for the people tarafından - 1847Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | John Dryden, Oliver Goldsmith - 1882 - 314 sayfa
...though accompanied with an offer of the most liberal payment. As Mr. Montague described his answer, " He was so absurd as to say, I can earn as much as...wants without writing for any party; the assistance therefore you offer is unnecessary to me." 1 We may differ from Mr. Montague, and think that a man... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 sayfa
...authority: I told how I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions; and, would you believe it 1 he was so absurd as to say, ' I can earn as much as...therefore unnecessary to me; '—and so I left him in his garret I" Who does not admire the sturdy independence of poor Goldsmith toiling in his garret... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1887 - 254 sayfa
...Lord North's administration. Goldsmith's noble answer, as reported by his reverend friend, was — ' I can earn as much as will supply my wants without writing for any party ; the assistance therefore you offer is unnecessary to me.' (Life, 1837, ii. 278.) There is a caricature portrait of... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1921 - 280 sayfa
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 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 314 sayfa
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 | John Morley - 1894 - 618 sayfa
...Temple. I told him my authority ; I told him I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions ; and, would you believe it ! he was so absurd as to say, ' I cnn earn as much as will supply my wants without writing for any party ; the assistance you offer is... | |
 | Mark Pattison - 1895 - 570 sayfa
...Temple. I told him my authority ; I told him I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions ; and, would you believe it ! he was so absurd as to...assistance you offer is therefore unnecessary to me.' And I left him in his garret." Needy as he was, Goldsmith had too much self-respect to become a paid libeller... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 sayfa
...I told him my authority ; I told him that I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions ; and, would you believe it ! he was so absurd as to...therefore unnecessary to me.' And so I left him," added Dr. Scott, "in his garret."1 The contempt of the prosperous timeserver was to be anticipated, though... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 sayfa
...told him that I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions ; and, would you believe it 1 he was so absurd as to say, ' I can earn as much as...therefore unnecessary to me.' And so I left him," added Dr. Scott, "in his garret."1 The contempt of the prosperous timeserver was to be anticipated, though... | |
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