 My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.  Dickens as an Educator - Sivu 227tekijä(t) James Laughlin Hughes - 1900 - 319 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 sivua
...his breast, and defeating him. I do not hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused. But M issis has — and while | you set up, mim "...locksmith's wife, " I couldn't, no not if twenty ; tim my. self to, I have devoted myself to completely ; that in great aims and in small, I have always been... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 456 sivua
...disregarded the rules that guided the hero of his novel. "WhatSCHOOL-DAYS AND START IN LIFE. 9i ever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well. What I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely. Never to put one hand to anything... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - 380 sivua
...his breast, and defeating him. I do not hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not 7 abused. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to...completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always 8 been thoroughly in earnest. I have never believed it possible that any natural or improved ability... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 sivua
...describes the secret of his future success in the words which he puts into the mouth of David Copperfield : "Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well. What I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely." About this time the elder Dickens... | |
 | 1880 - 328 sivua
...serviceable, sale, certain, remunerative, aUainable quality in every study is the power of attention. Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well. Whatever I have devoted myself to, 1 have devoted myself to completely. This I now lind to have been... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1877 - 400 sivua
...himself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon its heels. " Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well ; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; in great aims and in small,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1878 - 564 sivua
...hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused. My meaning simply is, that whatever I bave tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...have devoted myself to completely ; that, in great lime and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. I have never believed it ]K>8&ible that... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1879 - 376 sivua
...his breast, and defeating him. I do not hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to...to completely ; that in great aims and in small, I bave always been thoroughly In earnest. I have never believed it possible that any natural or improved... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1880 - 892 sivua
...his breast, and defeating him. I do not hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to...tried with all my heart to do well ; that whatever 1 have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely ; that in great aims and in small, I... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 sivua
...his breast, and defeating him. I do not hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to...in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. 4. I have never believed it possible that any natural or improved ability can claim immunity from the... | |
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