 | Richard Stuteley Cobbett - 1872 - 452 trang
...his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. ' Nephew,' said Sir Godfrey, ' you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' ' I don't know...together, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.' " * Almost with his last breath Kneller wished that God would let him stay at Whitton ; and by his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 trang
...when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. 'Nephew,' saitl Sir Godfrey, 'you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' — 'I don't know how great you may he,' said the Guinea man, 'but I don't like your looks: I have often bought a man much better than... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 408 trang
...before him two of the greatest men in the world, he replied : " I don't know how great you may be, but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you together, all bones and muscles, for ten guineas ! " Although Rochefoucauld, in one of his maxims, says that there... | |
 | Rev. James Wells - 1879 - 320 trang
...the presence of two of the greatest men of the day. " I don't know," he said, "how great you may be, but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you together, all bones and muscles, for ten guineas." Often the body is the grave of the spirit ; and many value the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 trang
...when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, "but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a much better... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 trang
...when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. 'Nephew,' said Sir Godfrey, 'you have tlio honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' — 'I don't know...bought a man much better than both of you together, all musclei and bones, for ten guineas.' " — DR. WARBURTON. Spence's Anecdotes. account that constant... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 238 trang
...Godfrey, " you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " 1 don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas." Thus, the men of the senses... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 trang
...when his nephew, a Guinea-trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great you may be," said the slave-trader, " but I don't like your looks : I have often bought a man, much better than both of you... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 504 trang
...when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much... | |
 | RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 494 trang
...when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in. "Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much... | |
| |
you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' 'I don't know how great men you may be,' said the Guinea man, ' but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas. 
