 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 Seiten
...night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my answer told me, that he was afraid of being insulted...understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, " found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 Seiten
...him out of it. Id. He was afraid of being insulted with Greek , for which reason he 'desired a friend to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning. Addison't Spectator. It is agreeable tn compare the face of a great man with the character, and to... | |
 | 1836 - 332 Seiten
...and ordinary colours. Af I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and, without staying for...and, if possible, a man that understood a little of baSkgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, "found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments... | |
 | 1836 - 932 Seiten
...night, he asked me how '. liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned? and without staying for my are very Roger, 'found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me,... | |
 | 1836 - 436 Seiten
...me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ; and, without staying for my an. swer, told me that he was afraid of being insulted with...voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that under, stood something of backgammon. My friend, says Sir Roger, found me out this gentleman, who,... | |
 | 1836 - 1118 Seiten
...just now mentioned ? and without staying or my answer, told me that he was afraid of being nsulted with Latin and Greek at his own table; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at he university to find him out a clergyman rather of >laiii sense than much learning, of a good aspect,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 Seiten
...night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned? and without staying for my answer told me, that he was afraid of being insulted...understood a little of backgammon. 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, ' found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 Seiten
...night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned? and without staying for my al of pleasure the joy that appeared in the countenances...their old master; every one of them pressed forward Roger, • found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 Seiten
...night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned : and without staying for my answer, told me that he was afraid of being insulted...understood a little of backgammon. 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, ' found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 Seiten
...his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master. You would take his valctde-chambre for his brother ; his butler is gray-headed, his groom...understood a little of backgammon. My friend," says Sir Roger, "found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me,... | |
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As I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my answer told me. that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired... 
