| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 páginas
...one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. 'Nephew,' saitl Sir Godfrey, 'you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' — 'I don't know how great you may he,' said the Guinea man, 'but I don't like your looks: I have often bought a man much better than... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 408 páginas
...before him two of the greatest men in the world, he replied : " I don't know how great you may be, but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you together, all bones and muscles, for ten guineas ! " Although Rochefoucauld, in one... | |
| Rev. James Wells - 1879 - 320 páginas
...the presence of two of the greatest men of the day. " I don't know," he said, "how great you may be, but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you together, all bones and muscles, for ten guineas." Often the body is the grave of... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 páginas
...one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, "but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a much better... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 páginas
...one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. Nephew/ said Sir Godfrey, ' you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' ' I don't know how great you may be," said the Guinea man, ' but I don't like your looks : I have often bought a man much better than both of you... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 páginas
...one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. 'Nephew,' said Sir Godfrey, 'you have tlio honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' — 'I don't know how great you may be,' said the Guinea man, 'but I don't like your looks : I have often bought a man much better than both of you together,... | |
| RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 494 páginas
...relates that Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honour of...greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 504 páginas
...relates that Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Knellcr one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honour of...greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much... | |
| Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 páginas
...Kneller, when his nephew, a Guinea-trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great you may be," said the slave-trader, " but I don't like your looks : I have often bought a man, much better than both of you... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 674 páginas
...one day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much... | |
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