 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 trang
...acquired by himself. He began the world with a great hunger for money ; the son of a half-pay officer, bred in a family, whose study was to make four-pence...do as much as others made four-pence halfpenny do. But, when he had got money, he was very liberal....' [BOSWELL] 'You say, Sir, his death eclipsed the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 trang
...acquired by himself. He began the world with a great hunger for money ; the son of a half-pay officer, bred in a family whose study was to make four-pence do as much as others make four-pence halfpenny do. But, when he had got money, he was very liberal." I presumed to animadvert... | |
 | Robert Lynd - 1928 - 266 trang
...He began the world," said Johnson, " with a great hunger for money. The son of a half-pay officer, he was bred in a family whose study was to make fourpence do as much as others made fourpencehalfpenny do." And, while Johnson was too unbusinesslike even to earn a comfortable living,... | |
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Garrick was a very good man, the cheerfullest man of his age ; a decent liver in a profession which is supposed to give indulgence to licentiousness ; and a man who gave away, freely, money acquired by himself. He began the world with a great hunger for... 
