 ... he had a father that abhorred him, a mother that despised him, sisters that betrayed him, a brother set up against him, and a set of servants that neglected him, and were neither of use nor capable of being of use to him, nor desirous of being so.  A History of the Four Georges - Стр. 40авторы: Justin McCarthy, Justin Huntly McCarthy - 1900Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Hervey Baron Hervey - 1848 - Страниц: 606
...than in any other, never having the least hesitation, from principle or fear of future detection, in telling any lie that served his present purpose. He...of being of use to him, nor desirous of being so. Dodington,1 who governed him, at present was afraid of having him quite reconciled to the King, or... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - Страниц: 794
...compassion for him in the situation to which his miserable poor head soon reduced him ; for his cas«, in short, was this : — he had a father that abhorred...of being of use to him, nor desirous of being so.'- -Ib. p. 297. To complete the family group we must take the following, in which the character of the... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 798
...him, a mother that despised him, sisters that betrayed him, a brother set up against him, and a let of servants that neglected him, and were neither of...of being of use to him, nor desirous of being so. ii, who governed him at present, " And when I have mentioned his [the Prince's] temper, it is the single... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 748
...him, a mother that despised Ыш, sisters that betrayed him, a brother set up against him, and a iet of servants that neglected him, and were neither of...capable of being of use to him, nor desirous of being во. Doilinylon, who governed him at present, was afraid of having him qua. reconciled Lord Hervey... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - Страниц: 602
...had compassion for him in the situation to which his miserable poor head soon reduced him ; for bis case, in short, was this : he had a father that abhorred...of being of use to him, nor desirous of being so." — chap. xiv.] professed a love of literature, and a patronage of men of talents ; partly, I believe,... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - Страниц: 574
...placed, was not favourable to the development of a better nature. According to a good authority, " he had a father that abhorred him, a mother that despised...being of use to him, nor desirous of being so."* The " brother set up against him," was "William, Duke of Cumberland, in whose favour both parents would... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - Страниц: 582
...placed, was not favourable to the development of a better nature. According to a good authority, " he had a father that abhorred him, a mother that despised...being of use to him, nor desirous of being so."* The " brother set up against him," was "William, Duke of Cumberland, in whose favour both parents would... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - Страниц: 592
...than in any other, never having the least hesitation from principle or fear of future detection in telling any lie that served his present purpose. He...being of use to him, nor desirous of being so." The object of this charming youth, as soon as he had settled in London, was to cause his parents as much... | |
 | Barbara Clay Finch - 1883 - Страниц: 336
...sisters that betrayed him, a brother set up against him, and a set of servants that neglected Trim, and were neither of use nor capable of being of use to him, nor desirous of being so." In the days of Frederick's childhood, it had always been a favourite scheme of Queen Caroline and her... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1885 - Страниц: 392
...more tenacious of opinions he had once formed, though less capable of ever forming right ones. Had he one grain of merit at the bottom of his heart, one...being of use to him, nor desirous of being so.' The object of this charming youth, as soon as he had settled in London, was to cause his parents as much... | |
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