 If fortune had turned him into a field of clover, he would have laid down and rolled in it. The mere manual labour of writing would not have allowed his lassitude and love of ease to have taken the pen out of the inkhorn, unless the cravings of hunger...  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 350by Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 pages
...the cravings of hunger had reminded him that he must fill the sheet before he saw the table-cloth. He might indeed have knocked down Osbourne for a blockhead,...perhaps have been the dictator of a club, and wherever he sate down to conversation, there must have been that splash of strong, bold thought about him, that... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...that he must fill the sheet before he saw the table-cloth. He might indeed have knocked down Osbcurne for a blockhead, but he would not have knocked him...perhaps have been the dictator of a club, and wherever he sate down to conversation, there must have been that r.plash of strong, bold thought about him,... | |
 | 1806 - 512 pages
...before he faw the table-cloth. He might, indeed, have knocked down Ofbourne for a blockhead, but lie would not have knocked him down with a folio of his...perhaps have been the dictator of a club, and wherever he fate down to conversion, there muft have been that fplalh of llrong bold thought about him, that... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...manual labour of writing would not have allowed his lassitude and love of ease to have taken the pen out of the inkhorn, unless the .cravings of hunger...him that he must fill the sheet before he saw the table-cloth. He might indeed have knocked down Osbourne for a blockhead, but he would not have knocked... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 pages
...manual labour of writing would not have allowed his lassitude and love of ease to have taken the pen out of the inkhorn, unless the cravings of hunger had reminded him that he muet fill the sheet before he saw the table-cloth. He might indeed have knocked down Osbourne for a... | |
 | 1806 - 552 pages
...might, indued, have knocked down Oibourne for a blockhead, but h« would not have knocked him down willi a folio of his own writing. He would perhaps have been the d¡6iatorof a club, and whenever he (at down to converlation, there mud have been that fplalh of ftrong... | |
 | Flowers of literature - 1807 - 626 pages
...manual labour of writing would not have allowed his lassitude and love of ease to have taken the pen out of the inkhorn, unless the cravings of hunger...him, that he must fill the sheet before he saw the table-cloth. He might, indeed, have knocked down Osbourne for a blockhead, but he would not have knocked... | |
 | 1808 - 246 pages
...he tnr.ft fill the fheet before he faw the table-cloth. He might, indeed, have knocked down Ofbourne for a blockhead, but he would not have knocked him...perhaps have been the dictator of a club, and wherever he fate down to converfation, there muft have been that fplafii of ftrong bold thought about him, that... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 666 pages
...manual labour of writing would not have allowed his lassitude and love of ease to have taken the pen out of the inkhorn, unless the cravings of hunger...perhaps have been the dictator of a club, and wherever he sate down to conversation, there must have been that splash of strong bold thought about him, that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...manual labour of writing would not have allowed his lassitude and love of ease to have taken the pen out of the inkhorn, unless the cravings of hunger...him that he must fill the sheet before he saw the table-cloth. He might indeed have knocked down ' Osburne for a blockhead, but he would not have knocked... | |
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