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" ... a certain eccentricity and want of worldly prudence in my uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to the cultivation and encouragement of his talents. "
Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle - Page 110
1807
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Annual Register, Volume 49

Edmund Burke - 1809 - 1138 pages
...in HIV uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncon enuil with his feelings, and unpropitious to the cultivation...the late lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence in it to be gratifying to the taste of a man of his spirit and sensibility; the one could...
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Annual Register, Volume 49

Edmund Burke - 1809 - 1484 pages
...uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncoil enial wit li his feelings, and unpropitious to the cultivation...talents. His connexion with Mr. Horace Walpole, the Lite lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence in it to be gratifying to the taste of -ë...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1809 - 1080 pages
...in distresses, ùê! .re-- duced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitioua to the cultivation and encouragement of his talents. His connexion with, Mr. Horace Walpole, the lale lord Orford, had too much vf the bitter of dependence in it to be gratifying to the taste^fa man...
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Memoirs of Richard Cumberland

Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 pages
...worldly prudence in my uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to...cultivation and encouragement of his talents. His connection with Mr. Horace Walpole, the late Lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence...
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Memoirs of Richard Cumberland

Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 414 pages
...worldly prudence in my uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations -uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to...cultivation and encouragement of his talents. His connection with Mr. Horace Walpole, the late Lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford, Volume 2

Horace Walpole - 1861 - 552 pages
...uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with bis feelings, and unpropitious to the cultivation and...the late Lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence in it to be gratifying to the taste of a man of his spirit and sensibility ; the one could...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, Volume 2

Horace Walpole - 1891 - 578 pages
...involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and uupropitious to the cultivation and encouragement of his talents. His connexion with Mr. Horace Walpole, the la** Lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence in it to be gratifying to the taste of a...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford, Volume 2

Horace Walpole - 1906 - 592 pages
...worldly prudence, in my uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to...the late Lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependence in it to be gratifying to the taste of a man of his spirit and sensibility ; the one could...
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Father Damien

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1909 - 440 pages
...worldly prudence in my uncle's character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to...encouragement of his talents. His connexion with Mr. Horace Walpolc, the late Lord Orford, had too much of the bitter of dependance in it to be gratifying to the...
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Richard Cumberland: His Life and Dramatic Works

Stanley Thomas Williams - 1917 - 410 pages
...29 Letters of Horace Walpole, Toynbee ed., 13.271. flattery. He considered that his uncle Bentley's 'connexion with Mr. Horace Walpole, the late Lord...bitter of dependance in it to be gratifying to the taste of a man of his spirit and sensibility; the one,' he says, 'could not be abject, and the other,...
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