 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1880 - 334 pages
...House of Commons; he would not be Prime Minister of England. For to that it soon came; came at last. "At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end?" What Vivian Grey once wanted to attain that end he had long since compassed. Only the opportunity was... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 610 pages
..."Mankind, then," says Vivian Grey, "is my game. At this moment, how many a powerful noble only wants wit to be a Minister; and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end? That noble's influence." And, in due time, the creator of "Vivian" became a Minister; for in February, 1852, Lord Derby made... | |
 | Cornelius Brown - 1881 - 440 pages
...the charmed bottle. Our wisdom must be concealed under folly, and our constancy under caprice. . . . Mankind then is my great game. At this moment how...two persons can so materially assist each other why should they not be brought together ? . . . There wants but one thing more — courage, pure perfect... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1881 - 792 pages
...my great game." Having reached this view of life, Vivian Grey contemplates his means of success. " At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...Grey to attain the same end ? That noble's influence Supposing that I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now let me probe my very soul.... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1881 - 708 pages
...House of Commons ; he would not be Prime-minister of England. For to that it soon came; came at last. "At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end?" What Vivian Grey once wanted to attain that end he had long since compassed. Only the opportunity was... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1881 - 276 pages
...told was none other than the author himself. " Mankind is my great game," exclaims Vivian Grey ; " at this moment how many a powerful noble wants .only...wit to be a Minister, and what wants Vivian Grey to obtain the same end ? Shall I, because my birth baulks my fancy, shall I pass my life a moping misanthrope... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1884 - 818 pages
...of Commons ; he would not be Prime Minister of England. For to that it soon came ; came at last. " At this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...and what wants Vivian Grey to attain the same end.'' What Vivian Grey once wanted to attain that end he had long since compassed. Only the opportunity was... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - Great Britain - 1910 - 468 pages
...of twenty for the means to satisfy his already inordinate ambition. Vivian's sword is his wit, and at this moment how many a powerful noble wants only...Grey to attain the same end ? That noble's influence. . . . Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now let me probe my very soul.... | |
 | Printing - 1920 - 530 pages
...vuur en helderheid dan de edelman zelf ooit zou vermogen. „At this moment", zoo peinst Vivian Grey, „how many a powerful noble wants only wit to be...Grey to attain the same end? That noble's influence ..." En op een andere plaats: .Yes! we must mix with the herd; we must enter inio their feelings; we... | |
 | André Maurois - Disraeli, Benjamin - 1928 - 424 pages
...longings to be a great orator. The first article of Vivian Grey's political reasoning was the following: "At this moment, how many a powerful noble wants only...assist each other, why are they not brought together?" Deliberately he set out to discover a powerful and stupid nobleman and then to undertake his conquest... | |
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Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared? Now, let me probe my very soul. Does my cheek blanch? I have the mind for the conception; and I can perform right skilfully upon the most... 
