 Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.  Works - Pagina 134door Washington Irving - 1851Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1859 - 868 pagina’s
...said of himself, in after-life, when speaking of this period, " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent ; I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and authority." But in later life the same proud spirit appeared. Any error or exaggeration of a conversation,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pagina’s
...Adams, he said " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority." The Bishop of Dromore [Percy] observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pagina’s
...Pembroke, he answered, "Ah I Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness that they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...: so I disregarded all power, and all authority." Even such a rebel against college discipline Swift appears to have been, under similar circumstances... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pagina’s
...Adams, he said, " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I nsequence." On Tuesday, March 81., he and I dined...question was started, whether the state of marriage wa The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors and fellows... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 562 pagina’s
...Johnson, on being told this, " I was mad and violent. It was bitterness, which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority." In the year previous to his death (1783), in a conversation with Mr. Seward, he says, " I myself was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 pagina’s
...violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought tofight my way by my literature and my wit. So I disregarded...authority." Goldsmith's poverty was never accompanied by bitternc-ss ; but neither was it accompanied by the guardian pride which kept Johnson from falling... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 584 pagina’s
...Of this same period he declared himself, that " it was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority." It is further related by one of his early associates, that " he was generally scen lounging at the... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 610 pagina’s
...Of this same period he declared himself, that " it was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so 1 disregarded all power and all authority. It is further related by one of his early associates, that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1854 - 396 pagina’s
...violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. / was miserably poor, and I thought tofigJtt my way by my literature and my wit. So I disregarded...from falling into the degrading shifts of poverty. Gold-, smith had an unfortunate facility at borrowing, and helping himself along by the contributions... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 614 pagina’s
...lor frolic. / mis iitinerobly foor, and 1 tliaught to Jiyht my tcay by my literature and my nit. So 1 disregarded all power and all authority." Goldsmith's...degrading shifts of poverty. Goldsmith had an unfortunate lacility at borrowing, and helping himself along by the contributions of his friends ; no doubt trusting,... | |
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