 ... whether this might proceed from a law-suit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in.  Select British Classics - Page 41803Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1883 - 880 pages
...when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in ray future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighborhood put upon it. The gravity... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 666 pages
...when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that 1 should arrive at in my future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighborhood put... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1884 - 200 pages
...hundred years. There runs a story in the family, that before I was born, my mother dreamt I was to be a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...which the neighbourhood put upon it. The gravity of my behaviour at my very first appearance in the world, and all the time that I sucked, seemed to favour... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 pages
...when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...life, though that was the interpretation which the neighborhood put upon it. The gravity of my behavior at my very first appearance in the world, and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1885 - 572 pages
....when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might- .proceed from a lawsuit...which the neighbourhood put upon it. The gravity of my behaviour at my very first appearance in the world, and all the time that I sucked, seemed to favour... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 416 pages
...gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. \\Tiothfr this might proceed from a lawsuit which was then depending...which the neighbourhood put upon it. The gravity of my behaviour at my very first appearance in the world, and all the time that I sucked, seemed to favour... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...then depending in the family, or my father's being * justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of ihe peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 554 pages
...when my mother was gone with child of me about three months, she dreamt that she was brought to bed of a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...determine • for I am not so vain as to think it presaged uny dignity that I should arrive at in my future life, though that was theluterpretation which the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1890 - 220 pages
...six hundred years. There runs a story in the family, that my mother dreamt that she had brought forth a judge. Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit...which the neighbourhood put upon it. The gravity of my behaviour at my very first appearance in the world, seemed to favour my mother's dream : for, as... | |
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