 ... from his own dignity as to offer such assistance unasked ; for I may venture to affirm, that by this time the demon of discord, with her sooty wings, had breathed her influence upon our counsels ; and it might be said of these great men (I hope they...  The Adventures of Roderick Random - Página 151por Tobias Smollett - 1883 - 352 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Tobias Smollett - 1774 - 312 páginas
...hope they will pardon the comparifon) as of Caefar and Pompey, the one could not brook a fuperior, and the other was impatient of an equal : So that between the pride of one, and infolence of another, the enterprife mifcarried, according to the proverb, " Between two ftools the... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 590 páginas
...hope they will pardon the companion), as of Csefar and Pompey, the one could net brook a fuperior, and the other was impatient of an equal : So that, between the pride of one, and inibletice of another, thp enterprife mifcarried, according to the proverb, " Between two ftools the... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 748 páginas
...counsels ; and it might be said of these great men (I hope they will pardon the comparison), as of Caesar and Pompey, the one could not brook a superior, and...ground.' Not that I would be thought to liken any pub!.. concern to that opprobrious part of the human body, though I might with truth assert, if I durst... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 746 páginas
...might be said of these great men (1 hope they will pardon the comparison), as of C«es«r and Pomp. . the one could not brook a superior, and the other...between the pride of one, and insolence of another, the interprize miscarried, according to the proverb, " between two stools the backside falls to the ground."... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 748 páginas
...counsels ; and it might be said of these great men (I hope they will pardon the comparison), as of Cœur and Pompey, the one could not brook a superior, and...equal. So that, between the pride of one, and insolence ef another, the interprize miscarried, according to the proverb, " between two stools the backside... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 320 páginas
...counsels; and it might be said of these great men, (I hope they will pardon the comparison) as of Csesar and Pompey, the one could not brook a superior, and...stools the backside falls to the ground." Not that .1 would be thought to liken any public concern to (hat opprobrious part of the human body, though... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 558 páginas
...counsels ; and it might be said of these great men (I юpe they will pardon the comparison), as of and Pompey, the one could not brook a superior, and...miscarried, according to the proverb, — " between wo stools the backside falls to the ground." Vot that I would be thought to liken any >ublic concern... | |
 | Thomas Keppel (hon.) - 1842 - 640 páginas
...officers, makes Roderick Random compare them 'to 'Oce'sar ,arid Pompey : "The one," says he, •" would' 'not 'brook' a superior, and the other was impatient...an equal ; so that, between the pride of one, and the insolence of another, the enterprise miscarried. vf A similar fault cannot be imputed to the minister... | |
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842 - 478 páginas
...these officers, makes Roderick Random compare them to Caesar and Pompey : "The one," says he, " would not brook a superior, and the other was impatient...an equal ; so that, between the pride of one, and the insolence of another, the enterprise miscarried."f A similar fault cannot be imputed to the minister... | |
 | The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 páginas
...conduct, compares them, in his Roderick Random, to Cœsar and Pompey. " The one," he says, " would not brook a superior, and the other was impatient of an equal ; so that between the pride of the one and the insolence of the other, the enterprise miscarried." Their attack on Carthagena, and... | |
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