 | 1812 - 560 pages
...my willing consent you will never have to so preposterous an union. You are not twenty-five, and she is turned fifty. If she had any prudence this request...Porter has died poor, in consequence of his wife's * The Rev. John Hunter, master of the Litchfield Free-school, by whom Johnson was educated. •*•... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...my willing consent you will never have to so preposterous an union. You are not twenty-five, and she is turned fifty. If she had any prudence this request...Porter has died poor, in consequence of his wife's ' The Rev. John Hunter, master of the Litchfield Free-school, by whom Johnson was educated. t Verses... | |
 | English literature - 1812 - 702 pages
...Where are your means of fubfiftence ? Porter has died poor, in ccnfequence of his wile's eicpenfive habits. You have great talents, but, as yet, have...have not deceived Mrs, Porter : I have told her the worft of me; that I am of mean extraction; that I hate no money ; and that I have had an uncle hanged.... | |
 | 1812 - 698 pages
...your means of fubfiftence? Porter has died poor, in et nfequcnce of his wife's expfnfive habits. Yoo have great talents, but, as yet, have turned them...have not deceived Mrs. Porter: I have told her the wnrft of me; that I am of mean extraction; that 1 have no money ; and that 1 have had an uncle hanged.... | |
 | 1812 - 374 pages
...she is turned fifty. If she had any prudence this rrqutsl had nev> r been made to me.— Where aif your means of subsistence? Porter has died poor, in consequence of his wife's expensive habits. Yon have great talents, but, as yet, hnfe turned them into no profitable channel.'— ' Mother, I hare... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...will never have to so preposterous a union. You are not twenty-five, and she is turned fifty. If the had any prudence, this request had never been made...subsistence ? Porter has died poor, in consequence of Iiis wife's expensive habits. You have great talents, but as yet have turned them into no profitable... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 600 pages
...my willing consent you will never have to so preposterous a union. You are not twenty-five, and she is turned fifty. If she had any prudence, this request had never been mude to me. Where are your means of subsistence ? Porter has died poor, in consequence of his wife't... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...made to me. Where are your means of subsistence ? Porter haa died poor, in consequence of his wile's the words from Toplady. Upon which he seized this opportunity of venting his own envy and spleen ' — 1 Mother, I have not deceived Mrs. Porter; I have told her the worst of me; that I am of mean... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...my willing consent you will never have to so preposterous a union. You are not twenty-five, and she is turned fifty. If she had any prudence, this request...to me. Where are your means of subsistence ? Porter haa died poor, in consequence of his wife's expensive habits. You have great talents, but as yet have... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...my willing consent you will never have to so preposterous an union. You are not twenty-five, and she ׅ |z PFs^ 9 | z X.k !d =(: 'd ` ǁ Ȥ7.Q Tgz 9r G *kN u * wʜd m # Z * k O # cQfݩxM channel."_ ' Mother, I have not décrive*! Mrs. Porter ; I have told her the worst of me ; that I am... | |
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After expressing her surprise at a request so extraordinary - 'no, Sam, my willing consent you will never have to so preposterous a union. You are not twenty-five, and she is turned fifty. If she had any prudence, this request had never been made to me.... 
