 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...  The Discoverers, Pioneers, and Settlers of North and South America from the ... - Side 135av Henry Howard Brownell - 1853 - 720 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 534 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 - 510 sider
...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 - 504 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 - 1855 - 738 sider
...times to have wanted the necessaries of life. "Little have I profited," he writes aflectingly to his son, "by twenty years of service, with such toils...urging his claims in person; by letters and by the intervention of his friends he vainly besought the restitution of his rights and dignities. He had... | |
 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1862 - 524 sider
...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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