 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...would please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressingroom, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...How wise a man at once, and how weak ! For what has hi built Houghton ? for his grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over. If Lord Burleigh... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...would please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressingroom, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...economy. How wise a man at once, and how weak ! For wliat has he built Houghton ? for his grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over. If Lord... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1818 - 728 pages
...please her I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressing-room; and am now by his escrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...and deceive himself, or us, with the thoughts of his oeconomy. How wise a man at once, and how weak ! For what has he built Houghton ? For his grandson... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1820 - 526 pages
...please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressing-room, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over. If lord Burleigh could rise and view his representative driving the Hatfield stage, he would feel as... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 402 pages
...would please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressingroom, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over? If Lord Burleigh could rise and view his representative driving the Hatfield stage, he would feel as... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...would please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressingroom, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over? If Lord Burleigh could rise and view his representative driving the Hatfield stage, he would feel as... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 412 pages
...would please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressingroom, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over ? If Lord Burleigh could rise and view his representative driving the Hatfield stage, he would feel... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...would please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressingroom, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over? If Lord Burleigh could rise and view his representative driving the Hatfield stage, he would feel as... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 698 pages
...please her. I have chosen to sit in my father's litlle dressing-room ; and am now by his escrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive...the accounts of his farmers, and deceive himself, or ns, with the thoughts of hin reconomy. How wise a man at once, and how weak 1 For what has he built... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 870 pages
...Walpole, the second son of the first earl, of whom, writing to a friend, he said, " How wise a man, and how weak ! for what has he built Houghton ? For...grandson to annihilate, or for his son to mourn over !" Dying without issue, in 1707, his title of Earl of Orford became extinct; but it was revived again... | |
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I have chosen to sit in my father's little dressing-room, and am now by his scrutoire, where, in the height of his fortune, he used to receive the accounts of his farmers, and deceive himself, or us, with the thoughts of his economy. How wise a man at... 
