 You must know," says sir Roger, ' I never make use of any body to row me, that has not lost either a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes of his oar than not employ an honest man that has been wounded in the queen's service. If I was...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Strana 8podľa Alexander Chalmers - 1802Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Thomas Charles Blaisdell - 1906 - Počet stránok 428
...it, " You must know," says Sir Roger, "/ never make use of anybody to row me that has not either lost a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes...an honest man that has been wounded in the queen's service."—Addison in" Sir Roger deCoverley at Vauxhall." Exercise. Study the following quotations.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - Počet stránok 410
...go on the water, etc. Sir Roger, " I never make use of anybody to row me, that has not either lost a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes...than not employ an honest man that has been wounded 5 in the Queen's service. If I was a lord or a bishop, and kept a barge, I would not put a fellow in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - Počet stránok 414
...go on the water, etc. Sir Roger, " I never make use of anybody to row me, that has not either lost a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes...than not employ an honest man that has been wounded S in the Queen's service. If I was a lord or a bishop, and kept a barge, I would not put a fellow in... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1906 - Počet stránok 284
...spied one with a wooden leg, and immediately gave him orders to get his boat ready. As we were walking towards it, "You must know," says Sir Roger, "I never make use of anybody to row me, 5 that has not lost either a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1906 - Počet stránok 284
...spied one with a wooden leg, and immediately gave him orders to get his boat ready. As we were walking towards it, "You must know," says Sir Roger, " I never make use of anybody to row me, 5 that has not lost either a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1908 - Počet stránok 208
...spied one with a wooden leg, and immediately gave him orders to get his boat ready. As we were walking towards it, " You must know," says Sir Roger, " I never make use of anybody to row me that has not either lost a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes of... | |
 | 1900 - Počet stránok 286
...servants, but to all with whom he comes in contact. He selects a waterman who has lost a leg, for he "would rather bate him a few strokes of his oar than...man that has been wounded in the queen's service." He inquires of a coachman, whom he has hired for a drive, if he smokes, and then has him procure a... | |
 | Česká akademie věd a umění. III. Třída - 1913 - Počet stránok 414
...think with my self that I had made a Mistake, and gone to a Musick Meeting instead of a Playhouse. I never make use of any Body to row me that has not either lost a Leg or an Arm. (Spectator.) Vilém Mathesius: At the end of the wick Altamont made his... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1913 - Počet stránok 672
...spied one with a wooden leg, and immediately gave him orders to get his boat ready. As we were walking towards it, ' You must know,' says Sir Roger, ' I never make use of anybody to row me, that has not either lost a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1915 - Počet stránok 518
...gave him Orders to get his Boat ready. As we were walking towards it, You must know, says Sir ROGER, / never make use of any Body to row me that has not either lost a Leg or an Arm. I would rather bate him a few Strokes of his Oar, than not employ an honest... | |
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