 | Ernest Rhys, Lloyd Vaughan - 1920 - 522 стор.
...Merchant have done with such useful tho' ordinary Qualifications? Will. Wimble's is the Case of many a younger Brother of a great Family, who had rather...trading Nation, like ours, that the younger Sons, tho' uncapable of any liberal Art or Profession, may be placed in such a Way of Life, as may perhaps... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1922 - 170 стор.
...Nobody, we hear, had " so good a heart, and such busy hands, wholly employed in trifles. He was the younger brother of a great family, who had rather...fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary." The Spectator develops this lament, that the younger sons of landed families were debarred from trade,... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 стор.
...lives with his elder brother as superintendent of his game. . . . Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather...trade or profession that is beneath their quality." 3 Johnson, too, could allow himself a sneer at the younger brother : " He that thinks must think upon... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1925 - 344 стор.
...character of Will Wimble the position of the younger brother. The character is a satire on the folly of a great family, "who had rather see their children...trade or profession that is beneath their quality." And so the unfortunate Will spends his life making or mending hunting and fishing tackle for the neighbours... | |
 | Munsche - 1981 - 280 стор.
...The same prejudice may have also affected the lives of younger sons. Addison wrote of great families 'who had rather see their Children starve like Gentlemen,...Trade or Profession that is beneath their Quality' (The Spectator, I, 331 [No. 108]). 52 William Congreve, The way of the world (1700), III. xv. 53 Christopher... | |
 | John Cannon - 1984 - 208 стор.
...reluctance of the upper classes to see their children in trade: 'Will Wimble is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather...thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.'23 These attitudes died hard. Even professional men were looked at askance. When Lady Jane... | |
 | Shawn L. Maurer - 1998 - 330 стор.
...blames the situation, once again, upon those "great Famil[ies]" who would rather see their younger sons "starve like Gentlemen, than thrive in a Trade or Profession that is beneath their Quality." Will Wimble seems in no danger of physical diminishment, at least while he enjoys such proficiency... | |
 | Ernest Rhys, Lloyd Vaughan - 1920 - 510 стор.
...Merchant have done with such useful tho' ordinary Qualifications? Will. Wimble's is the Case of many a younger Brother of a great Family, who had rather...their Quality. This Humour fills several Parts of Ewope with Pride and Beggary. It is the Happiness of a trading Nation, like ours, that the younger... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1928 - 650 стор.
...merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications? Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather...or profession that is beneath their quality. This humor fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It 7c is the happiness of a trading nation... | |
 | Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1840 - 654 стор.
...country. This well-drawn character is not without its moral. " Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family who had rather see...trade, or profession that is beneath their quality !" A more pungent satire on the wretched eflects of the system of primogeniture could not be written.... | |
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What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ? Will. Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen,... 
