 Paris ; amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year ? Was it his birth ? No, a Dutch gentleman only. Was it his estate ? No, he had none. Was it his learning, his parts, his political abilities and application ? You can answer these...  the monthly journal - Page 30by several hands - 1774Full view - About this book
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 528 pages
...you and me (for this example must go no farther,) what do you think made our friend, Lord Albemarle, Colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and Ambassador to Paris; amounting in all to 16,000£ or 17,0001. a year ? "Was it his birth... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1892 - 504 pages
...you and me (for this example must go no farther), what do you think made our friend, Lord Albemarle, Colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and Ambassador to Paris; amounting in all to £16,000 or £17,000 a year ? Was it his birth... | |
 | Francis Parkman - United States - 1897 - 586 pages
...to encourage his son in the pursuit of the graces: "What do you think made our friend Lord Albemarle colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and ambassador to Paris, — amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year?... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1897 - 404 pages
...to encourage his son in the pursuit of the graces: "What do you think made our friend Lord Albemarle colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and ambassador to Paris, — amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1901 - 524 pages
...you and me (for this example must go no farther), what do you think made our friend, Lord Albemarle, Colonel of a regiment of guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and Ambassador to Paris ; amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year ?... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1901 - 460 pages
...Between you and me (for this example must go no further), what do you think made our friend, Lord A e, Colonel of a regiment of guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and Ambassador to Paris; amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year? Was... | |
 | Hugh Noel Williams - 1902 - 506 pages
...you and me, for this example must go no further, what do you think made our friend, Lord Albemarle, Colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and Ambassador to Paris ; amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a-year ?... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1910 - 576 pages
...to encourage his son in the pursuit of the graces: "What do you think made our friend Lord Albemarle colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and ambassador to Paris, — amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1897 - 434 pages
...to encourage his son in the pursuit of the graces: "What do you think made our friend Lord Albemarle colonel of a regiment of Guards, Governor of Virginia, Groom of the Stole, and ambassador to Paris, — amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year?... | |
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