 | Unitarianism - 1843 - 418 pages
...thought of importance and significancy, and this often leads to deceit. This young man, when a shop lad to my next neighbor, ever' appeared active, good-natured,...sensible ; by a strange concurrence of events, he is now under secretary to the American secretary of state, Lord George Germaine, a secretary to Georgia, inspector... | |
 | 1847 - 556 pages
...do a service who have it not in their power ; all wish to be thought of importance and significancy, and this often leads to deceit. This young man, when a shop-lad to my next neighbour, ever appeared active, good natured, and sensible ; by a strange concurrence of events he... | |
 | Samuel Curwen - American Confederate voluntary exiles - 1864 - 720 pages
...do a service who have it not in their power ; all wish to be thought of importance and significancy, and this often leads to deceit. This young man, when...inspector of all the clothing sent to America, and Lieut.- Col. Commandant of horse dragoons at New York ; his income arising from these sources is, I... | |
 | Bence Jones - Davy, Humphry, Sir - 1871 - 450 pages
...significancy, and this often leads to deceit. This young man, when a shop-lad to my next neighbour, ever appeared active, good-natured, and sensible;...Under-Secretary to the American Secretary of State, Lord George Germain, a secretary to Georgia, inspector of all the clothing sent to America, and Lieutenant-Colonel... | |
 | Bence Jones - Davy, Humphry, Sir - 1871 - 486 pages
...do a service who have it not in their power ; all wish to be thought of importance and significancy, and this often leads to deceit. This young man, when a shop-lad to my next neighbour, ever appeared active, good-natured, and sensible ; by a strange concurrence of events, he... | |
 | American literature - 1883 - 876 pages
...must have keenly felt the singular reversal in their relations. " This young man," says the judge, " when a shop-lad to my next neighbor, ever appeared...Undersecretary to the American Secretary of State, Lord George Germain, a Secretary to Georgia, Inspector of all the clothing sent to America, and Lieutenant Colonel... | |
 | American periodicals - 1883 - 860 pages
...must have keenly felt the singular reversal in their relations. "This young man." says the judge, " when a shop-lad to my next neighbor, ever appeared...under-secretary to the American secretary of state. Lord George Germain, a secretary to Georgia, inspector of all the clothing sent to America, and lieutenantcolonel... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...do a service who have it not in their power; all wish to be thought of importance and significancy, and this often leads to deceit This young man. when...sensible; by a strange concurrence of events, he is now Uniler-Secretary to the American Secretary of State, Lord George Germaine, a Secretary to Georgia,... | |
 | John Tyndall - Science - 1892 - 522 pages
...reversal in their relations. 'This young man,' says the judge, ' when a shop-lad to my next neighbour, ever appeared active, good-natured, and sensible ;...Under-Secretary to the American Secretary of State, Lord George Germain, a Secretary to Georgia, Inspector of all the clothing sent to America, and LieutenantColonel... | |
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I put no hopes on the fair appearances of outward behavior, though it is uncandid to suppose all mean to deceive. Some wish to do a service who have it not in their power ; all wish to be thought of importance and significancy, and this often leads to... 
