 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, "found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and... | |
 | John Rose Greene Hassard - 1866 - 538 pages
...and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, 'found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it.'"—Spectator, No. 108. of which legacies were to be paid, for the foundation and endowment of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1888 - 548 pages
...and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. My friend (says Sir Roger) found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for Me. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...me, a gooj scholar, though he does not show it. I have pi ven him the parsonage of the parish ; ïnd, because I know his value, have settled upon him a...If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher m my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and though he does... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, "found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does r,nt show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish; and, because I know his value, have set... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not shew it: I have given him the parsonage of the parish ;...have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he 20 outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon. ' My friend,' says Sir Roger, ' found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not shew it : I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and because I know his value, have settled... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 pages
...if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon. ' My friend,' says Sir Roger, ' found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not shew it : I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and because I know his value, have settled... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...and, if possible, a Man that understood a little of Back-Gammon. My Friend, says Sir ROOEB, found me be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting freewill in thin tho' he does not shew it. I have given him the Parsonage of the Parish ; and because I know his Value... | |
 | 1879 - 446 pages
...clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning ; and Sir Roger says, ' My friend found me out a gentleman who, besides the endowments required of...tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. He has now been with me thirty years, and has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself,... | |
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... the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. 
