 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...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...possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, " found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 pages
...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 - 932 pages
...liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned? and without staying for my answer told me, that have 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, 'found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of... | |
 | 1836 - 332 pages
...liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and, without staying for an answer, told me, that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek...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 - 436 pages
...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 Latin and Greek...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, ' found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned? and without staying for my answer told me, that y that appeared in the countenances of these ancient...their old master; every one of them pressed forward 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, • found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...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...possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. 'My friend,' says Sir Roger, ' found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of... | |
 | 1852 - 460 pages
...I liked the good man I have just now mentioned ? And without staying for an answer told me, " That he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek...possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. My friend," says Sir Roger, " found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of... | |
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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... 
