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" I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does... "
The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 210
by British essayists - 1802
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Select Esays of Addison: Together with Macaulay's Essay on Addison's Life ...

Joseph Addison - 1894 - 358 pages
...he shall find that he 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 never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or...
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Introduction to English Literature: Including a Number of Classic Works ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1894 - 688 pages
...he shall find that he 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 never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - Literary Collections - 1896 - 582 pages
...not know I have taken Notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, tho' he is every Day soliciting me for something in behalf...has not been a Law-suit in the Parish since he has liv'd among them: If any Dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the Decision; if they do not...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - Literary Collections - 1896 - 556 pages
...was higher in my Esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty Years; and tho' he does not know I have taken Notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, tho' he is every Day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...he shall find that he 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...in all that Time asked any thing of me for himself, tho' he is every Day solliciting me for something in Behalf of one or other of my Tenants his Parishioners....
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The Spectator, Volume 2

George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...he shall find that he 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...in all that Time asked any thing of me for himself, tho 1 he is every Day solliciting me for something in Behalf of one or other of my Tenants his Parishioners,...
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Coverley Papers from the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - Literary Criticism - 1897 - 234 pages
...he shall find that he 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 never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day -soliciting me for something in behalf of one or...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1898 - 264 pages
...years, and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting...other of my tenants, his parishioners. There has not i» been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises they apply themselves...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

George Atherton Aitken - English essays - 1898 - 450 pages
...he shall find that he 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 never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 452 pages
...he shall find that he 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 never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or...
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