...Corsica to introduce himself to Lord Chatham, then Prime Minister. The letter modestly ends by asking, " Could your lordship find time to honour me now and...man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame." No other young man of the day, we may be sore, would have dared to make such a proposal to the majestic...

...Corsica to introduce himself to Lord Chatham, then Prime Minister. The letter modestly ends by asking, " Could your lordship find time to honour me now and...man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame." No other young man of the day, we may be sure, would have dared to make such a proposal to the majestic...

...letter ? I have been told how favourably your Lordship has spoken of me. To correspond with a Paoli and a Chatham is enough to keep a young man ever ardent in the pursuit of a virtuous fame.' This outburst of personal confidential talk is in Boswell's happiest, most characteristic...

...judges, I studied law, and am now fairly entered to the bar. I begin to like it. I can labour hard; I feel myself coming forward, and I hope to be useful...man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame. I ever am, my lord, with the highest admiration, your lordship's much obliged humble servant, " JAMES...

...letter ? I have been told how favourably your Lordship has spoken of me. To correspond with a Paoli and a Chatham is enough to keep a young man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame. This letter illustrates much of Boswell's attitude towards the great, and it will be necessary to refer...

...letter ? I have been told how favourably your Lordship has spoken of me. To correspond with a Paoli and a Chatham is enough to keep a young man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame." — Life, ii. 59 n. and then sang an English song. " Never did I see men so delighted with a song as...

...characteristic temerity of asking, ' Could your lordship find time to honour me now and then with a letter? To correspond with a Paoli and with a Chatham is enough...man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame.' From this time Boswell's mind was much taken up with a succession of matrimonial schemes, which ended...

...judges, I studied law, and am now fairly entered to the Bar. I begin to like it. I can labour hard ; I feel myself coming forward, and I hope to be useful...man ever ardent in the pursuit of virtuous fame."* I ever am, my Lord, with the highest admiration, Your Lordship's much obliged humble servant, James Boswell....