 It is surely a particular hardship, that I should not get bread in my own country (and it is too late to go abroad) after having acquired the reputation of excelling in the most useful art known to mankind; while every one who excels as a Player, Fiddler,...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 4941810Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 pages
...Birmingham, September 7th, 1767. Dr. Franklin was at that time on a visit to Paris. " After having obtained the reputation of excelling in the most useful art known to mankind, of which I have your testimony, is it not to the last degree provoking, that I cannot get even bread... | |
 | Cambridgeshire (England) - 1883 - 620 pages
...and repent I ever attempted. It is surely a particular hardship, that I should not get bread in my own country (and it is too late to go abroad) after...in affluence, but has it in their power to save a fortune1. On July 3, 1761, articles of agreement were entered into between the University and Baskerville,... | |
 | Robert Bowes - Printers - 1886 - 102 pages
...and repent I ever attempted. It is surely a particular hardship, that I should not get bread in my own country (and it is too late to go abroad) after...Fiddler, Dancer, &c. not only lives in affluence, but lias it in their power to save a fortune1. On July 3, 1761, articles of agreement were entered into... | |
 | Talbot Baines Reed - Great Britain - 1887 - 379 pages
...and repent I ever attempted. It is surely a particular hardship, that I should not get Bread in my own country (and it is too late to go abroad) after...excelling in the most useful Art known to mankind ; while everyone who excels as a Player, Fiddler, Dancer, &c., not only lives in Affluence, but has it in their... | |
 | Talbot Baines Reed - Printing - 1887 - 436 pages
...having acquired the Reputation of excelling in the most useful Art known to mankind ; while everyone who excels as a Player, Fiddler, Dancer, &c., not...Affluence, but has it in their power to save a Fortune. " I have sent a few Specimens (same as the enclosed) to the Courts of Russia and Denmark, and shall... | |
 | English literature - 1890 - 880 pages
...unsurpassed in typographical beauty. Baskerville wrote to Benjamin Franklin in 1767 : " After having obtained the reputation of excelling in the most useful art known to mankind, of which I have your testimony, is it not to the last degree provoking that I cannot even gain bread... | |
 | Arthur Warren, Grolier Club - Chiswick (London, England) - 1896 - 384 pages
...cent. It was surely grievous that Baskerville could not, as he said, get bread in his own country, " after having acquired the reputation of excelling in the most useful art known to mankind, while everyone who excels as a Player, Fiddler, Dancer &c. not only lives in affluence but has it in their... | |
 | 1899 - 394 pages
...success fell short of his deserts. In 1767 he wrote to Franklin in Paris — "After having obtained the reputation of excelling in the most useful art known to mankind, of which I have your testimony, is it not to the last degree provoking that I cannot get bread by it... | |
 | Josiah Henry Benton - Printing - 1914 - 140 pages
...of & repent I ev[er] attempted. It is surely a particular hardship that I should not get Bread in my own Country (and it is too late to go abroad) after having acquired the Reputation excelling in the most useful Art known to Mankind; while every one who excels as a Player, Fidler,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1925 - 502 pages
...of, & repent I ever attempted. It is surely a particular hardship that I should not get Bread in My own Country (and it is too late to go abroad) after...Mankind ; while every one who excels as a Player, Fidler, Dancer &c not only lives in Affluence, but has it their Power to save a Fortune. the Birmingham... | |
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