...the good man whom I have just now mentioned ; and, without staying for my answer, told me that he 10 was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek...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, who,...

...reason he desired a particular friend of at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of p sense than much learning, of a good aspect, 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, who,...

...asked me how I liked the good Man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my Answer sweet understood a little of Back-Gammon. My Friend, says Sir ROOEB, found me out this Gentleman, who, besides...

...how I liked the good man, whom I have just now mentioned, and without staying for my answer, told me he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek...voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the best...

...we find Sir Roger de Coverley requires his chaplain to be "a clergyman rather of plain sense than of much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon." I Twopenny hit. ' Hit' was very commonly applied to games of chance....

...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...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, who, besides...

...mentioned 1 and without staying for my answer told me, that he was afraid of being insulted with iiatin and Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired...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, who,...

...reason he desired a particular friend of his at the University to find him out a clergyman rather for plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect,...voice, .a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. At his first settling with me,' I made him a present of all the...

...was afraid of being insulted at his own table with Latin and Greek, and therefore requested a friend at the university to find him out a 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...

...had not been very profound. He did not choose to have a very learned clergyman as his chaplain, since he " was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table." His favourite reading seems to have been ' Baker's Chronicle ; ' of which we too have read some. He...