Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority. Lives of Celebrated American Indians - Page 212by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...me every stair I went up.' Tyerman's Whitefield, i. 20. account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, ' Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick'. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight . my way by my literature and my wit ; so I... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...and irritated by disease. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor,- and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my . wit ; so I... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...Tyerman's Whitefield, i. 20. account 86 Dr. Adams. [AD 1730. account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, ' Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick '. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...and irritated by disease. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and 1 thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded... | |
| Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...him by Mr Boswell, shows how fallacious it is to estimate human happiness by external appearances: " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness...miserably poor, and thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power, and all authority." He struggled for another year... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...irritated by disease. When Boswell men j tioned to him this account, as given him by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness...they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disgregarded all power and all anthority."... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...irritated by disease. When Boswell mentioned to him this account, as given him by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness...they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disgregarded all power and all authority."... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...and irritated by disease. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...Oppressed by want, he preserved a cheerful and even a gay exterior. ' Ah, sir (said he to Mr. Boswell), I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.*... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...and irritated by disease. When I mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded... | |
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