 | 1905
...saw anyone too ambitious of court favours, sacrificing his time in attendance on levees, his repose, his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, 'This man gives too much for his whistle.' " When I saw another, fond of popularity,... | |
 | Poetry - 1870
...court favour, sacrificing his time in attendance on levees, his repose, 222 TOO MUCH FOB THE WHISTLE. his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly... | |
| |
I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle. 
