 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1908 - 208 pages
...a clear voic", a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, "found me out this gentleman,...was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and, though he does not know I have taken notice of it,... | |
 | 1908 - 444 pages
...a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon. My friend, says Sir Roger, found me out this gentleman,...was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1908 - 226 pages
...sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. My friend, says 25 Sir Roger, found me out this gentleman, who, besides...life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was 5 higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years, and, though... | |
 | Daniel Jones - 1909 - 184 pages
...a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, " found me out this gentleman,...was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has... | |
 | Daniel Jones - 1909 - 188 pages
...a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. " My friend," says Sir Roger, " found me out this gentleman,...he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in rny esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years and though he does not... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 pages
...sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. ' My friend (said Sir Roger) found me out this gentleman, who, besides...of the parish; and because I know his value, have set upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was Mgher in my esteem... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1915 - 518 pages
...a clear Voice, a sociable Temper, and, if possible, a Man that understood a little of Back-Gammon. "My friend," says Sir ROGER, " found me out this Gentleman,...is, they tell me, a good Scholar though he does not shew it. I have given him the Parsonag-e of the Parish ; and because I know his Value, have settled... | |
 | Robert Swain Peabody - 1916 - 132 pages
...aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon, "My friend," says Sir Roger, found me out this gentleman,...parish; and because I know his value, have settled on him a good annuity for life. . . . At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the... | |
 | William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - 1916 - 540 pages
...understood a little of backgammon. "My friend," says Sir Roger, " found me out this gentleman, who, beside the endowments required of him, is, they tell me,...scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the patronage of the parish ; and because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life.... | |
 | CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CHROUGH BOOKLAND - 1922 - 530 pages
...aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. "My friend," says Sir Roger, "found me out this gentleman...was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has... | |
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Greek at his own table, for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at 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... 
