 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 510 pages
...my bare " annuity. Then growing to man's eftate and fome fmall " practice of the law, I todk a wife, by whom I have " had many children ; the keeping of us all being a great " cmpoverifhing to my eftate , and the daily living of us " all nothing but my daily induftry. Neither... | |
 | James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 514 pages
...Yelverton, " your unexpected choice of me to be your mouth or speaker should proceed, I am utterly ignorant. Neither from my person nor nature doth this choice...comely, stately and well spoken, his voice great, his carriage majestical, his nature haughty. But, contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 552 pages
...took a wife, by whom I " have had many children : the keeping of us all being a " great impoverishing to my estate, and the daily living of " us all nothing...but my daily industry. Neither from my " person nor my nature doth this choice arise : For he that " supplieth this place ought to be a man big and comely,... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 502 pages
...the lower house, delivered a speech as usual, to urge his own incapacity. " Your speaker," said he, " ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well spoken ; his voice great, his carriage majestical ; his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful and heavy: But, contrarily, the stature... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 502 pages
...the lower house, delivered a speech as usual, to urge his own incapacity. " Your speaker," said he, " ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well spoken ; his voice great, his carriage majestical ; his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful and heavy. But, contrarily, the stature... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...bare " annuity. Then growing to man's estate, and some " small practice of the law, I took a wife, by whom I " have had many children : the keeping of us all being a " great impoverishing to my estate, and the daily living of " us all nothing but my daily industry. Neither... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 440 pages
...but my bare annuity. Then growing to man's estate, and some small practice of the law, I took a wife, by whom I have had many children : the keeping of us all being a great impoverishing to my estate, and the daily living of us all nothing but my daily industry. Neither from... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - Great Britain - 1837 - 398 pages
...but a bare annuity. " Then growing to man's estate and some small practise of the law, I took a wife by whom I have had many children, the keeping of us...stately and well spoken ; his voice great, his courage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful and heavy ; but contrarily, the stature of... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1835 - 404 pages
...but my bare annuity. Then. growing toman's estate, and some small practice of the law, 1 took a wife, by whom I have had many children, the keeping of us...place ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, his courage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1837 - 404 pages
...but a bare annuity. " Then growing to man's estate and some small practise of the law, I took a wife by whom I have had many children, the keeping of us...stately and well spoken ; his voice great, his courage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful and heavy ; but contrarily, the stature of... | |
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... my estate is nothing correspondent for the maintenance of this dignity ; for my father dying left me a younger brother, and nothing to me but my bare annuity. Then growing to man's estate, and some small practice of the law, I took a wife, by whom... 
