Why, he could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil and trouble; but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old proverb, 'learning is better than... Tales and Novels - Сторінка 22автори: Maria Edgeworth - 1840Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
| Maria Edgeworth - 1801 - 244 стор.
...with hrs . - eld bid pfoverbj " learning is better than house or land;" Out of forty-nine suits Vvhich he had, he never lost one but seventeen; the rest he gained with costs, double costSj treble costs sometimes—- but even that did not pay i He was a very learned man in the law,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1804 - 242 стор.
...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...— but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old old proverb, " learning is better thari house or land." Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never... | |
| Sir Charles Sedley - 1807 - 606 стор.
...could hardly turn about for. them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence* and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...— but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old % learning is better than house or land." Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one but... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1810 - 238 стор.
...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a. gentleman to so much toil...— but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old' old proverb, "learning is better than house or land." Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 402 стор.
...for my lord's nag. The boor's wife has sons, They must go to look after my lord's poultry." Page 80. Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one — but seventeen. — Thady's language in this instance is a specimen of a mode of rhetoric common in Ireland. An astonishing... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 стор.
...for my lord's nag. The boor's wife has sons, They must go to look after my lord's poultry." Page 17- Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one— but seventeen — Thady's language in this instance is a specimen of a mode of rhetoric common in Ireland. An astonishing... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1886 - 300 стор.
...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...gained with costs, double costs, treble costs sometimes ; bat even that did not pay. He was a very learned man in the law, and had the character of it ; but... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1892 - 300 стор.
...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...gained with costs, double costs, treble costs sometimes ; bat even that did not pay. He was a very learned man in the law, and had the character of it ; but... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1903 - 446 стор.
...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...suits which ^ he had, he never lost one but seventeen ; l the rest he gained •) with costs, double costs, treble costs sometimes ; but even ! that did... | |
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