 He is a considerable expense to you, and of no manner of service to me. All the English here laugh at him, he is such a prig. He thinks himself a fine gentleman, and is always plaguing me to go into foreign companies, to learn foreign languages, and to...  The British Essayists;: The world - Page 156by Alexander Chalmers - 1808Full view - About this book
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...himfelf a fine gentleman, and is always pla" guing me to go into foreign companies, to learn fo'c reign languages, and to get foreign manners ; as if I "...not to live and die in old England, and as if good " Englifh acquaintance would not be much more ufeful " to me than outlandim ones. Dear fir, grant me... | |
 | 1753 - 646 pages
...himfelf a fine gentleman, and is always pla" guing me to go into foreign companies, to learn fo" reign languages, and to get foreign manners ; as if I "...not to live and die in old England, and as if good " Er.glifh acquaintance would not be much more ufeful " to me than outlandifh ones. Dear fir, grant... | |
 | Edward Moore - English essays - 1772 - 364 pages
...fervice to Me. All the English here ." laugh at him, he is fuch a prig. He thinks him" felf a fine gentleman, and is always plaguing me " to go into...foreign manners ; as if I " were not to live and die iri Old England, and as " if good Englifh acquaintance would not h,e , " much moie ufeful to me than... | |
 | 1776 - 296 pages
...to Me. All the Englifh here laugh at him, ' he is fuch a prig. He thinks himfelf a fine gentle' man, and is always plaguing me to go into foreign • companies,...not to live and die in ' Old England, and as if good Englifh acquaintance ' would not be much more ufefui to me than out landilii ' ones. Dear Sir, grant... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...fervice to me. All the Eng*' li(h here laugh at him, he is,fuch a prig. He " thinks himfelf a fine gentleman, and is always. " plaguing me to go into...not to live and die in old England, and " as if good Englifh acquaintance would not be " much more ufeful to me than oudandifh ones. " Dear fir, grant me... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...fervice to .me. All the Eng. “11th here laugh at him, he is fuch a prig. I-Ic “thinks bimfeif a fine gentleman, and, is always “plaguing me to go into foreign companies, to le¿r4 “foreign languages, and to get foreign manners; as “if I were not to live and die in old... | |
 | 1786 - 636 pages
...manner of fervice to Me. Ail the Englifli here laugh at him, he is inch a prig. He thinks himltlt a fine gentleman, and is always plaguing me to go into foreign companies, to learn foreign languages, and to gel foreign manners; as if I were not to iive and die in Old England, and as if good Enghlh acquaintance... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 360 pages
...manner of service to We. All the English here laugh at him, he is such a prig. He thinks himself a fine gentleman, and is always plaguing me to go into foreign...Dear sir, grant me this request, and you shall ever h'nd me ' Your moat dutiful son, 1 G. IV The following is a very honest and sensible letter, which... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 788 pages
...manner of service to me. All the English here laugh at him, he is such a prig. He thinks himself a fine gentleman, and is always plaguing me to go into foreign...me this request, and you shall ever find me " Your most dutiful son, ' GD' ' Rome, May the 3d, 1753.' " The following is a very honest and sensible letter,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 424 pages
...manner of service to me. All the English here laugh at him, he is such a prig. He thinks himself a fine gentleman, and is always plaguing me to go into foreign...me this request, and you shall ever find me ' Your most dutiful son, 1 GD' The following is a very honest and sensible letter, which I received at the... | |
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