 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 534 pages
...by lord Orford in No. loj of The World. * On becoming earl of Orford, he thus wrote to Pinkerton: " A small estate loaded with debt, and of which I do...; a source of law-suits amongst my near relations ; endless conversations with lawyers, and packets of letters every day to read and answer : all this... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 540 pages
...« On becoming earl of Orford, he thus wrote to Pinkerton : " A small estate (about 4000/. a year) loaded with debt, and of which I do not understand...; a source of law-suits amongst my near relations ; endless conversations with lawyers, and packets of letters every day to read and answer ; all this... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 478 pages
...by lord Orford in No. 103 of The World. ' On becoming earl of Orford, he thus wrote to Pinkerton: " A small estate loaded with debt, and of which I do not understand the management, and am too old to leam ; a source of law-suits amongst my near relations ; endless conversations with lawyers, and packets... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pages
...disturbed by vfsitants." ' Walpoliana.' 4 * On becoming Earl of Orford he thus wrote to Pinkerton : " A small estate loaded with debt, and of which I do not uiuitrstand the management, and am too old to learn ; a source of lawsuits amongst my near relations... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pages
...Berkeley-square, Dec. £6, 1791. DEAR SIR, by them. A small estate, loaded with debt, and of which 1 do not understand the management, and am too old to...conversations with lawyers; and packets of letters every day to read and answer : all this weight of business is too much for the rag of life that yet... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 464 pages
...ease, would ill indemnify me, even by them. A small estate, loaded with debt, and of which I do oot understand the management, and am too old to learn...conversations with lawyers; and packets of letters every day to read and answer : all this weight of business is too much for the rag of life that yet... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Literary historians - 1830 - 492 pages
...draughts which invigorate the body. THE EARL OF ORFORD* TO MR. PINKERTON. Berkeley Square, Dec. 26th, 1791. As I am sure of the sincerity of your congratulations,...lawyers, and packets of letters to read every day and answer,—all this weight of new business is too much for the rag of life that yet hangs about me,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...loss of peace and ease, would ill indemnify me, even by them. A small estate, loaded with debt, ajid of wh^ich I do not understand the management, and...conversations with lawyers ; and packets of letters every day to read and answer : all this weight of business is too much for the rag of life that yet... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 590 pages
...PINKERTON, ESQ.' Berkeley Square, Dec. 26, 1791. As I am sure of the sincerity of your congratulations, 1" 1 feel much obliged by them, though what has happened...management, and am too old to learn; a source of lawsuits among my near relations, though not affecting me; endless conversations with lawyers. and packets of... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 632 pages
...compensate the loss of peace and ease, would ill indemnify me, even by them. A small estate, loaded wiih debt, and of which I do not understand the management, and am too old to learn ; a source of lawsuits among my near relations, though not affecting me; endless conversations with lawyers, and packets of... | |
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A small estate, loaded with debt, and of which I do not understand the management, and am too old to learn, a source of law-suits amongst my near relations, though not affecting me, endless conversations with lawyers, and packets of letters to read every... 
