 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 strani
...She at length, however, consented to admit him into her household, where he remained as butler till her death, when he found himself, by her grace's bequest...the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse. Cards had formerly seduced him ; but an unsuccessful contest at cribbage with a Jew, who won his clothes,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 strani
...remained as butler till her death, when he found himself, by her grace's bequest and his own (Economy, possessed of seventy pounds in money, and an annuity...the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse. Cards had formerly seduced him ; but an unsuccessful contest at cribbage with a Jew, who won his clothes,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 strani
...remained as butler till her death, when he found himself, by her grace's bequest and his own oeconomy, possessed of seventy pounds in money, and an annuity...the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse. Cards had formerly seduced him ; but an unsuccessful contest at cribhage with a Jew, who won his clothes,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 strani
...her death, when he found himself, by her grace's bequest and his own (Economy, possessed of •evenly pounds in money, and an annuity of thirty. Freedom,...the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse. Cards had formerly seduced him; but an unsuccessful contest at cribhage with a Jew, who won his clothes,... | |
 | Oscar Ronald Dathorne - 1976 - 541 strani
...Blacks when he explains Sancho's life of dissipation after receiving the duchess's annuity by saying, "Freedom, riches and leisure naturally led a disposition of African texture into indulgence" (p. viii). Such a statement exemplifies the vacillating attitude prevalent toward Blacks... | |
 | Oscar Ronald Dathorne - 1976 - 541 strani
...Blacks when he explains Sancho's life of dissipation after receiving the duchess's annuity by saying, "Freedom, riches and leisure naturally led a disposition of African texture into indulgence" (p. viii). Such a statement exemplifies the vacillating attitude prevalent toward Blacks... | |
 | Angelyn Mitchell - 1994 - 548 strani
...being a bit bad. "Freedom, riches, and leisure, naturally led to a disposition of African tendencies into indulgences; and that which dissipated the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse," Jekyll puns. "In his attachment to women, he displayed a profuseness which not unusually characterizes... | |
 | Susheila Nasta - 2000 - 184 strani
...his 'faults'. Referring to Sancho 's loss of money at gambling, Jekyll informs us that '[fjreedom, riches, and leisure, naturally led a disposition of African texture into indulgences', and goes on to cite a French writer who relates 'that in the kingdoms of Abdrah, Whydah, and Benin, a Negro... | |
 | James L. Machor, Philip Goldstein - 2001 - 424 strani
...heing a hit had. "Freedom, riches, and leisure, naturally led to a disposition of African tendencies into indulgences; and that which dissipated the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse," Jekyll puns. "In his attachment to women, he displayed a profuseness which not unusually characterizes... | |
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Freedom, riches, and leisure, naturally led a disposition of African texture into indulgences; and that which dissipated the mind of Ignatius completely drained the purse. 
