 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 534 oldal
...he, in one letter; « I live hy borrowing. » « Little have I profited, » he adds, in another, « by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils ; since, at present, J do not own a roof in Spain. If I desire to eat or sleep, I have no resort but an inn ; and for the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 oldal
...me," says he, on another occasion, " but live by borrowing. Little have I profited by twenty years of toils and perils, since at present I do not own a roof in Spain. I have no resort but an inn, and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill." Being unable,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 290 oldal
...nothing of the revenue due to me," said ho in a letter to his son Diego. - " Little have I profited by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils,...and for the most times have not wherewithal to pay my bill.'' In his adversity, he was yet more solicitous for the payment of his men than himself: he... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1846 - 384 oldal
...in November 7th, 1504. — Irving, ii., 183 '— H.] t [So poor was he, that he wrote, "If I dcsirn to eat or sleep, I have no resort but an inn, and for the most times have not wherewithal to pay my bill." Yet most earnestly of all did he claim the restoration of his honours and titles, and the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 504 oldal
...says he, in one letter ; " I live by borrowing." " Little have I profited," he adds, in another, " by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils...and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill." Yet in the midst of these personal distresses, he was more solicitous for the payment of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 510 oldal
...says he, in one letter ; " I live by borrowing." " Little have I profited," he adds, in another, " by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils...and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill." Yet in the midst of these personal distresses, he was more solicitous for the payment of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 554 oldal
...says he, in one letter ; " I live by borrowing." " Little have I profited," he adds, in another, " by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils...and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill." Yet in the midst of these personal distresses, he was more solicitous for the payment of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 518 oldal
...says he, in one letter ; " I live by borrowing." " Little have I profited," he adds, in another, " by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils...and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill." Yet in the midst of these personal distresses, he was more solicitous for the payment of... | |
 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1853 - 734 oldal
...times to have wanted the necessaries of life. "Little have I profited," he writes affectingly to liis son, "by twenty years of service, with such toils...urging his claims in person; by letters and by the iutervention of his friends he vainly besought the restitution of his rights and dignities. He had... | |
 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1862 - 524 oldal
...poverty, as appears by an affecting passage in a letter to his son. "Little have I profited," he writes, "by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils,...most times, have not wherewithal to pay the bill." The death of Isabella, soon after his arrival, defeated his last hope of obtaining justice, and left... | |
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Little have I profited," he adds, in another, "by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils; since, at present, I do not own a roof in Spain. If I desire to eat or sleep, I have no resort but an inn; and, for the most times, have not wherewithal... 
