...so good a figure as himself. ' If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon an opinion of.your merit, which, if it is a mistake, I would not be undeceived...my' interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing ; but nobody else will believe it if they see you get nothing....

...himself. 1 I don't say it is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world : but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable...advanced, than the greatest qualifications without it. 'If ' If this letter is impertinent, it is founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistake,...

...himself. I don't say it is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable...my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing ; but nobody else will believe it, if they see you get...

...for an impndent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impndence, is more probable to be advanced than the greatest...my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing ; but nobody else will believe it, if they see you get...

...man not to rise in the world; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more prohable to be advanced, than the greatest qualifications without...founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it be a mistake I would not be undeceived. It is my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every...

...himself. I do not say it is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable...my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing ; but nobody else will believe it, if they see you get...

...set the example. " A moderate merit," lady Mary Wortley Montague very sensibly tells her husband, " with a large share of impudence, is more probable...advanced than the greatest qualifications without it." Thurlow was certainly very fully impressed with the truth of this maxim. Not that we would be thought...

...motive influenced many of bable to be advanced than the greatest her actions, and in some instances qualifications without it. If this letter " ' is impertinent,...founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistaken one, I would not be urideis shoved about by every body — his clothes torn — almost squeezed...

...himself. I don't say that It is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world; but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence, is more probable...founded upon an opinion of your merit, which, if it is a mistaken one, I would not be undeceived. It is my interest to believe, as I do, that you deserve every...

...himself. I don't say it is impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world ; but a moderate merit, with a large share of impudence, is more probable...my interest to believe (as I do) that you deserve every thing, and are capable of every thing ; but nobody else will believe it if they see you get nothing....