 But, Sir, I gave a receipt for a hundred.' My astonishment, however was now over, and 1 found that he received only thirteen pounds, because the rest had been advanced for his family; this was a tender point, and I found means immediately to divert him...  The Works of Horace - Page ixby Horace - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Smart - 1791 - 304 pages
...thirteen pounds becaufe the reft• had been advanced for his family ; this was a tender point, and Ifbund means immediately -to divert him from it. He is with very decent people,, in a houfe moft de-- Irghtfully fituated wiih a terras that overlooks St.. J.imes's Park, and a-doorimoiti... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1288 pages
...was now over ; and I found that he received only thirteen pounds, bccaufe tlie reft had advanced for his family. This was a tender point ; and I found means immediately to divert from it. He is with very decent people, in a houfe n.«;l delightfully fituated, with a terras •verlooks... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...now over, and I found that he received only thirteen pounds because the rest had been advanced for his family ; this was a tender point, and I found...Park, and a door into it. He was going to dine with an •>!<! friend of my own, Mr. Hichard Dalton, who h»s an»ppomt«ient in (he king's library, and if... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...thirteen pounds because the rest had been advanced for his family ; this was a tender point, and 1 found means immediately to divert him from it. " He...James's Park, and a door into it. He was going to dine be perhaps formed too high an opinion of his effusions, he spared no labour when employed by the booksellers,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1891 - 388 pages
...Hawkesworth, dated October 1764, gives a pleasant idea of Smart restored to cheerfulness and placed " with very decent people in a house, most delightfully...situated, with a terrace that overlooks St. James's Park." But this relief was only temporary ; Smart fell back presently into drunkenness and debt, and was happily... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English essays - 1891 - 360 pages
...Hawkesworth, dated October 1764, gives a pleasant idea of Smart restored to cheerfulness and placed " with very decent people in a house, most delightfully...situated, with a terrace that overlooks St. James's Park." But this relief was only temporary ; Smart fell back presently into drunkenness and debt, and was happily... | |
 | Bibliographical Society (Great Britain) - Accounting - 1903 - 346 pages
...now over, and I found that he received only thirteen pounds because the rest had been advanced for his family ; this was a tender point, and I found means immediately to divert him from it." The complete edition of Horace will be found under 1767 (No. L.) 1756. XXXVI.—Hymn to the Supreme... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - English essays - 1922 - 280 pages
...Hawkesworth, dated October 1764, gives a pleasant idea of Smart restored to cheerfulness and placed " with very decent people in a house, most delightfully...situated, with a terrace that overlooks St. James's Park." But this relief was only temporary; Smart fell back presently into drunkenness and debt, and was happily... | |
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