 | 1804 - 574 páginas
...so good a figure as himself. ' If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon an opinion of.your merit, which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived...else will believe it if they see you get nothing. MWM» Incorporated with the second series, are the Letters which were addressed to Lady Mary during... | |
 | 1804 - 552 páginas
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world : but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced, than the greatest qualifications without it. 'If ' If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistake,... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 366 páginas
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest...else will believe it, if they see you get nothing. MWM TO EW MONTAGU, ESQ. 1714. You do me wrong in imagining (as I perceive you do) that my reasons for... | |
 | 1824 - 552 páginas
...man not to rise in the world; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more prohable to be advanced, than the greatest qualifications without...founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it be a mistake I would not be undeceived. It is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every... | |
 | 1843 - 506 páginas
...merit," lady Mary Wortley Montague very sensibly tells her husband, " with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it." Thurlow was certainly very fully impressed with the truth of this maxim. Not that we would be thought... | |
 | 1832 - 524 páginas
...motive influenced many of bable to be advanced than the greatest her actions, and in some instances qualifications without it. If this letter " ' is impertinent,...founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistaken one, I would not be urideis shoved about by every body — his clothes torn — almost squeezed... | |
 | 1832 - 526 páginas
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world; but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest...founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistaken one, I would not be undeceived. It is my interest to believe, as I do, that you deserve every... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 512 páginas
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced, than the "greatest...else will believe it if they see you get nothing. MWM TO EW MONTAGU, ESQ. 1714. You do me wrong in imagining (as I perceive you do) that my reasojis... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 410 páginas
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced, than the greatest...that you deserve every thing ; and are capable of everything ; but nobody else will believe it if they see you get nothing. MWM TO. EW MONTAGU, ESQ.... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 430 páginas
...for an impudent man not to rise in the world; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced, than the greatest...undeceived; it is my interest to believe (as I do) that yon deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing; but nobody else will believe it if they see... | |
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I don't say it is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. If this letter is impertinent, it is founded... 
