 I sought them or wished them, 'twould add one fear more — That of making a countess when almost four-score. But Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, Though unkind to my limbs, has still left me my reason ; And whether she lowers or lifts me,...  Highways and Byways in East Anglia - 247 psl.autoriai: William Alfred Dutt - 1901 - 406 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 478 psl.
...EPITAPHIUM VIVI AUCTORIS, 1792. " An estate and an earldom at seventy-four ! Had I sought 'em or wish'd 'em, 'twould add one fear more, That of making a countess...me my reason ; And whether she lowers or lifts me, I '11 try, -v In the plain simple style I have liv'd in, to die ; > FRANCIS GODOLPHIN OSBORNE, DUKE... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 534 psl.
...AUCTORIS, 1792. " An estate and an earldom at seventy-four ! Had I sought 'em or wish'd 'em, 't would add one fear more, That of making a countess when...me my reason ; And whether she lowers or lifts me, I ']! try, •* In the plain simple style I have liv'd in, to die ; > For ambition too humble, for... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 540 psl.
...An estate and an earldom at seventy-four ! Had I sought 'can or wish'd 'em, ,t would add one fear I more, That of making a countess when almost fourscore....me my reason ; And whether she lowers or lifts me, I '11 try, ^ In the plain simple style I have liv'd in, to die ; I For ambition too humble, for meanness... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 466 psl.
...last, but his limbs became helpless from his frequent attacks of gout. As he himself expresses it, " Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, Though unkind to my limbs, has yet left me my reason."! As a friend of his, who only knew him in the last years of his life, speaks... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 450 psl.
...last, but his limbs became helpless from bis frequent attacks of gout. As he himself expresses it, " Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, Though unkind to my limbs, has yet left me my reason."I As a friend of his, who only knew him in the last years of his life, speaks... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 418 psl.
...but his limbs became helpless from his frequent attacks of gout. As he himself expresses it, — " Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, " Though unkind to my limbs, has yet left me my reason." t ' A friend of his, who only knew him in the last years of his life, speaks... | |
 | William Beckford - 1836 - 416 psl.
...last, but his limbs became helpless from his frequent attacks of gout. As he himself expresses it,— " Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, Though unkind to my limbs, has yet left me my reason." j A friend of his, who only knew him in the last years of his life, speaks... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1842 - 422 psl.
...U'lill M VIVI ATJCTOBIS. 1792. " An estate and an earldom at seventy-four ) Had I sought them, or wish'd them, 'twould add one fear more, That of making a...lowers or lifts me, I'll try In the plain simple style 1 have lived in to die For ambition too humble, for meanness too high." Alas ! it required but a small... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1842 - 392 psl.
...EPITAPHIUM VIVÍ AUCTORIS. 1792. " An estate and an earldom at seventy-four I Had I sought them, or wish'd them, 'twould add one fear more, That of making a...season, Though unkind to my limbs, has still left me my reaîon; And whether she lowers or lifts me, I'll try In the plain simple style I have lived in to... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 592 psl.
...last, but his limbs became helpless from his frequent attacks of gout : as he himself expresses it, " Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, Though unkind to my limbs, has yet left me my raason."c As a friend of his, who only knew him in the last years of his life, speaks... | |
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