 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
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1906 - Počet stránok 269
...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 269
...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 192
...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
...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... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1913 - Počet stránok 647
...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... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1916
...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... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1916 - Počet stránok 474
...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 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... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922
...it, "You must know," said 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...been wounded in the queen's service. If I was a lord or a bishop, and kept a barge, I would not put a fellow in my livery that had not a wooden leg." My... | |
 | CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CHROUGH BOOKLAND - 1922
...“You must know,” said 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...been wounded in the queen's service. If I was a lord or a bishop, and kept a barge, I would not put a fellow in my livery that had not a wooden leg.”... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1922
...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... | |
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