 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pages
...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 parsonage of the parish ; and because I know his value, have settled... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...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,...of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he Joes not shew it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and because I know his value, have... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...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 parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon. My friend, says sir Roger, found pre out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 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;...upon him a good annuity for life. If he out-lives rue, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 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;...because I know his value, have settled upon him a food annuity for life. If he out-lives me, he shall n«l that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 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,...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, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 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,...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper ; and if possible, a man who understood a little 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,... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...a clear voice, a sociable temper ; and if possible, a man who understood a little back gammon. — My friend, says Sir Roger, found me out this gentleman...me, a good scholar, .though he does not show it. I hare given him the parsonage of the parish ; and because I know his value, have settled upon him a... | |
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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... 
