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" On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look of pity and contempt, that I was " too small,' and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he said nothing. "
The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Page vi
by Juvenal - 1806 - 473 pages
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Satires

Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...again, and indeed with little care, and rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr. Holdsworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed with a look...expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but ho said nothing. He did not however choose to take me back himself, but sent me in the passage-boat...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 5

1803 - 614 pages
...again, and indeed wiih little care, and rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr. Holdesworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed with a look...take me back himself, but sent me in the passage-boat toTotness, from whence I was to walk home. On the passage, the boat was driven by a midnight storm...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 714 pages
...obferved with a look of pity and contempt, that I was " too fmall," and fent me a*-ay fufficicntly mortified. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he faid nothing. He did not however choofc to take me back himfelf, but fent me in the paffage-boat to...
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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford ...

Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...agam, and indeed wrth Httle care, awrt rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr. Holdsworthy. Orv seeing me, this great man observed with a look of...small," and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected'to>be very ill received by my godfather, but he said'nothing. He did not however choose to...
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 6

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...again, and indeed with little care, and rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr. Holdesworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look...that I was too small, and sent me away sufficiently mortitied. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he said nothing. He did not, however,...
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Autobiography: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 11

Autobiographies - 1830 - 340 pages
...it again, and indeed with little care, and rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr Holdsworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look...sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received by ray godfather, but he said nothing. He did not, however, choose to take me back himself, but sent me...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...again, and indeed with little care, and rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr. Holdsworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed with a look...take me back himself, but sent me in the passage-boat a Totness, from whence I was to walk borne. On the passage, the boat was driven by a midnight storm...
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Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 11

1827 - 330 pages
...again, and indeed with little care, and rode with my go'dfather to the dwelling of Mr Holdsworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look...too small," and sent me away sufficiently mortified. that I could not dispute the justice of his claims; and as no one else interfered, he was suffered...
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The Table Book..., Volume 1

William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...Holdsworiny. On seeing me, this gieat man observed with a look, of pity and contempt, that I w>» " too small." and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received b< my godfather, but he s id nothing. He ill4 not however choose to take nie bark himself, but sent...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...again, and indeed with little care, and rode with my godfather to the dwelling of Mr. Holdsworthy. On seeing me, this great man observed with a look of pity aud contempt, that I was " too small," and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very...
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