 | 1813 - Страниц: 716
...light, trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement. I « ill not say, without a little rain ambition of showing some parts, but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to any thing solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - Страниц: 350
...pursuits. Mine have always been light, trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement—I will not say, without a little vain ambition of showing...sufficient to make me apply them to any thing solid. My stndies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory. In my latter age I discovered... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1830 - Страниц: 356
...and very partial, if I had attempted to sneer at you or your pursuits. Mine have always been light, trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement—...apply them to any thing solid. My studies, if they coukl be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory. In my latter age I discovered the futility... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - Страниц: 616
...hold my own to he of a very inferior kind, and know it to be incapable of sound, deep application, I should have been very foolish if I had attempted to...with industry sufficient to make me apply them to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory. In... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - Страниц: 462
...remarkable confession, which harmonises with those already given. " My pursuits have always been light, trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement....but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - Страниц: 590
...hold my own to be of a very inferior kind, and know it to be incapable of sound, deep application, I should have been very foolish if I had attempted to...but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - Страниц: 632
...sound, deep application, I should have been very foolish if I had at* Now first collected. tempted to sneer at you or your pursuits. Mine have always...but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory.... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1859 - Страниц: 722
...hold my own to be of a very inferior kind, and know it to be incapable of sound, deep application, I should have been very foolish if I had attempted to...with industry sufficient to make me apply them to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions were alike desultory. In... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - Страниц: 572
...remarkable confession, which harmonises with those already given. " My pursuits have always been light, trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement....but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - Страниц: 570
...remarkable confession, which harmonises with those already given. " My pursuits have always been light, trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement....but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to anything solid. My studies, if they could be called so, and my productions, were alike desultory.... | |
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Mine have always been light and trifling, and tended to nothing but my casual amusement; I will not say, without a little vain ambition of showing some parts; but never with industry sufficient to make me apply to anything solid. My studies, if they could... 
