 | 1831 - 652 pages
...one of his old and constant friends, Miss Lee : ' I have neither been extravagant nor pro' fligate in the use of money; neither gaming, horses, curricle,...expensive entertainments, nor secret sources of ruin, from vul' gar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am in every ' thing, but the effects of utter carelessness... | |
 | D. E. Williams - 1831 - 604 pages
...accustomed to consider them for myself. I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of it; neither gaming, horses, curricle, expensive entertainments,...from vulgar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am, in every thing, but the effects of utter carelessness about money, the same being I was at Bath.... | |
 | Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...accustomed to consider them for myself. I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of it ; neither gaming, horses, curricle, expensive entertainments,...from vulgar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am in every thing, but the effects of utter carelessness about money, the same being I was at Bath.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1833 - 392 pages
...He bestowed a gift with the air of a man entreating a favour ; he wrote himself down ins 4 finitely your debtor in accepting an invitation to dine ; and...upon him, he was, during the last years of his life, u depressed, a saddened, and a failing man. His talent brightened, indeed, and his honours increased... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 286 pages
...He says, •writing to a friend, " I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of it; neither gaming, horses, curricle, expensive entertainments,...from vulgar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am, in every thing, but the effects cf utter carelessness about money, the same being I was at Bath.... | |
 | William Sandby - Artists, British - 1862 - 492 pages
...more money than I earned, and accumulated debts at heavy interest." On the other hand, he declared, " I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in...from vulgar licentiousness have swept it from me." He was, however, generous even beyond his means, and always ready to help those who needed his aid.... | |
 | William Sandby - Artists, British - 1862 - 492 pages
...more money than I earned, and accumulated debts at heavy interest." On the other hand, he declared, " I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in...from vulgar licentiousness have swept it from me." He was, however, generous even beyond his means, and always ready to help those who needed his aid.... | |
 | Englishmen - Great Britain - 1863 - 912 pages
...spirit. He says, writing to a friend, " I have neither been extravagant nor proffigate in the use of it; neither gaming, horses, curricle, expensive entertainments,...from vulgar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am, in every thing, but the effects of utter carelessness about money, the same being I was at Bath.... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1892 - 472 pages
...collection of drawings, but, he lived simply and entertained little, and he may be believed when he says : ' I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of money. Neither gaming, horses, curricles, expensive entertainments, nor secret sources of ruin from vulgar licentiousness have swept... | |
 | Sir Thomas Lawrence - Painters - 1906 - 376 pages
...it has been amply demonstrated that he stated nothing but the truth when he said in later years, " I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of money. Neither gaming, horses, curricles, expensive entertainments, nor secret sources of ruin from vulgar licentiousness have swept... | |
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I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of it ; neither gaming, horses, curricle, expensive entertainments, nor secret sources of ruin from vulgar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am in every thing, but the effects of utter carelessness... 
