 I seldom mention my father in company; not because I have any reason to be ashamed of him, but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me.  The Autobiography - Página 387de Edward Wortley Montagu - 1870 - 540 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Galt - 1831 - 332 páginas
...Gil Bias, who was ashamed of his father. " Look ye, James," said he, " I seldom mention my father in company, not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me" Quin was one day lamenting that he grew old, when a shallow, impertinent young fellow, asked him what... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 páginas
...Gil Bias, who was ashamed of his father. " Look ye, James," said he, " I seldom mention my father in company, not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." Quin was one day lamenting that he grew old, when a shallow, impertinent young fellow, asked him what... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 536 páginas
...Gil Blas, who was ashamed of his father: " No, Madam," replied Nash, " I seldom mention my father in company; not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." However, though such anecdotes be immaterial, to go on in the usual course of history, it may be proper... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 530 páginas
...Gil Bias, who was ashamed of his father : " No, Madam," replied Nash, " I seldom mention my father in company ; not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." However, though such anecdotes be immaterial, to go on in the usual course of history, it may be proper... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 páginas
...Bias, who was ashamed of his father. " No, madam," replied the beau, " I seldom mention my father in company ; not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." Beau Brummell was the son of a confectioner, in Jermyn Street. His father never served up a daintier... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 766 páginas
...Gil Bias, who was ashamed of his father: " No, Madam," replied Nash, " I seldom mention my father in company; not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." However, though such anecdotes b&- immaterial, to go on in the usual course of history, it may be proper... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 540 páginas
...Gil Bias, who was ashamed of his father : " No, madam," replied Nash, " I seldom mention my father in company ; not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." However, though such anecdotes be immaterial, to go on in the usual course of history, it may be proper... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 546 páginas
...Gil Bias, who was ashamed of his father : " No, madam," replied Nash, " I seldom mention my father in company ; not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." However, though such anecdotes be immaterial, to go on in the usual course of history, it may be proper... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 páginas
...was ashamed of his parentage. 'No, madam,' replied the King of Bath, 'I seldom mention my father, in company, not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me.' Nash, though a fop and a fool, was not a bad-hearted man, as we shall see. And if there were no other... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 páginas
...was ashamed of his parentage. "No, madam," replied the King of Bath, " I seldom mention my father, in company, not because I have any reason to be ashamed...but because he has some reason to be ashamed of me." Nash, though a fop and a fool, was not a bad-hearted man, as we shall see. And if there were no other... | |
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