 What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ? Will. Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen,...  Sir Roger de Coverley: Essays from the "Spectator" - Page 23by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1904 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
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...trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ! WHl Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family,...gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneatli their quality. This humour fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. It is the... | |
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