 | Thomas Gray - 1836 - 336 pages
...it, that I knew was obliged to me, of one, whom presumption and folly made me deem not very superior in parts, though I have since felt my infinite inferiority...with the difference between us, when he acted from the conviction of knowing that he was my superior. I often disregarded his wish of seeing places, which... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...it, that I knew was obliged to me; of one, whom presumption and folly made me deem not very superior in parts, though I have since felt my infinite inferiority to him. I treated him insolently. 1 This and the following letter are from Mr. Mitford's valuable edition of Gray's Works. See vol. iv.... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...it, that I knew was obliged to me ; of one, whom presumption and folly made me deem not very superior in parts, though I have since felt my infinite inferiority to him. I treated him insolently. 1 This and the following letter are from Mr. Mitford's valuable edition of Gray's Works. See vol. iv.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 632 pages
...say, that I knew was obliged to me; of one, whom presumption and folly made me deem not very superior in parts, though I have since felt my infinite inferiority...with the difference between us, when he acted from the conviction of knowing that he was my superior. I often disregarded his wish of seeing places, which... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1851 - 478 pages
...say it, that I knew was obliged to me ; of one whom presumption and folly perhaps made me deem not my superior then in parts, though I have since felt my...would not quit other amusements to visit, though I offered to send him to them without me. Forgive me, if I say that his temper was not conciliating.... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1851 - 780 pages
...it, that I knew was obliged to me ¡ of one whom presumption and folly perhaps made me deem not my superior then in parts, though I have since felt my...knowing he was my superior ; I often disregarded his wish of seeing places, which I would not quit other amusements to visit, though I offered to send him... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 600 pages
...it, that I knew was obliged to me; of one whom presumption and folly made me deem not very superior in parts, though I have since felt my infinite inferiority...with the difference between us, when he acted from the conviction of knowing that he was my superior. I often disregarded his wish of seeing places, which... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...of one whom presumption and folly perhaps made me deem not my superior then in part», though I bave since felt my infinite inferiority to him. I treated...insolently : he loved me, and I did not think he did. 1 reproached him with the difference between us when he acted from conviction of knowing ho was my... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 512 pages
...it, that I knew was obliged to me; of one whom presumption and folly, perhaps, made me deem not my superior then in parts, though I have since felt my...acted from conviction of knowing he was my superior; 1 often disregarded his wishes of seeing places which I would not quit other amusements to visit, though... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1857 - 560 pages
...say it, that I knew was obliged to me ; of one whom presumption and folly perhaps made me deem not my superior then in parts, though I have since felt my...would not quit other amusements to visit, though I offered to send him to them without me. Forgive me, if I say that his temper was not conciliating ;... | |
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I treated him insolently: he loved me, and I did not think he did. I reproached him with the difference between us when he acted from... 
