 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 - 1895 - 316 psl.
...Epitaphium vivi Auctoris :" " An estate and an earldom at seventy-four ! Had I soughl them or wished them 'twould add one fear more. That of making a countess...: For ambition too humble, for meanness too high." He could not escape the suspicion of having mediHis Wives. 283 tated the folly referred to in these... | |
 | Norman Pearson - 1911 - 532 psl.
...them or wish'd them, 'twould add one fear more — That of making a countess at almost four- score. But Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season,...lifts me, I'll try In the plain simple style I have liv'd in, to die : For ambition too humble — for meanness too high. He never took his seat in the... | |
 | Alice Drayton Greenwood - 1913 - 306 psl.
...EPITAPHIUM vivi AUCTORIS (1792) An estate and an earldom at seventy-four! Had I sought them or wish't them 'twould add one fear more, That of making a countess...lifts me, I'll try In the plain, simple style I have liv'd in, to die; For ambition too humble, for meanness too high. IX THE LEGEND OF CHARLES JAMES FOX... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1915 - 150 psl.
...Squire. T. GRAY. The Wisdom of Age AN estate and an earldom at seventy-four ! Had I sought them or wished them 'twould add one fear more, That of making a Countess...; For ambition too humble, for meanness too high. HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD. On Mr. Strdhan, the King's Printer YOUR lower limbs seemed far from... | |
 | Paul Yvon - 1924 - 252 psl.
...EPITAPHIUM Vivi AUCTORIS. 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 countess when almost four score. But Fortune, who scatters her gifts out of season, Though unkind to my limbs, has still... | |
 | 1876 - 880 psl.
...Auctoris" in 1792, beginning : — An estate and an earldom at seventy-four. Had I sought them or wished, 'twould add one fear more, That of making a countess when almost fourscore ! It is believed that he was ready to make a. countess (when still nearer fourscore) by. marrying Miss... | |
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