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The Collector.
Dr . Johnson judiciously advised him to publish it in English ; and on this account , we suppose , it has been withheld so long from the world . CARDINAL fLEURY . . UNDER the administration of this celebrated statesmansome
re-, wards were granted to all the officers of a certain regiment , except to the Chevalier de Ferigouse , one of the lieutenants . This gentleman , who was a Gascon , happening one day to be present at the ^ Minister ' s audience , thought proper to address him in the following words : ' I do not know , my lord , by what fatality it happened that 1 was under cover when your eminence was showering down your favours on
the whole regiment . ' The Cardinal was so well pleased with this singular expression , that the Chevalier soon after obtained what he wished for .
ANTHONY EARL OF SHAFTSBURY . WHEN this celebrated nobleman was was on his travels in Ital y , he , one day wanted some veal to be dressed for his dinner ; but his hostess , trembling with horror at the heretical wish , told him it could not be procured on a fast-day . The Earl , more vehement , perhaps , on that very accountinsisted upon having the prohibited dish . On
, this the landlady told him she could not venture to dress it without a dispensation from the parish priest . The Earl ordered her to get it at any rate , and the poor woman applied to the ghostly father , who , on being made acquainted with the country and quality of the guest , laconically told her that the S / gnor might eat and be damned .
PIAVANO ARNOTTO . Tins man was an Italian priest , and being about to embark for a long voyage , he was solicited by his friends to purchase a variety of things for them . The priest received their commissions , put the memorandums in his pocket-book , very carefully , and promised to oblige every one . At his return they all crouded round himto
re-, ceive their purchases ; but , to their great surprise , he only executed one commission . This affronting all the rest , he thus excused himself : ' Gentlemen , when I set sail , I laid all your memorandums on ' the ship ' s gunnel , that I might put them in order ; when , suddenly , an unlucky squall arose , which blew them overboard : and it was impossible for me to remember their contents . ' However' replied
, one of his friends , ' you have brought the silks for Signor- ' ' Very true , ' says the priest , ' but the reason is , that he inclosed in his note several ducats , which prevented its being carried away by the wind , as the rest were . ' MONS . DE SARTINE .
AM Irish gentleman , who wished to purchase an estate in France , lodged his money in the hands of a Banker , who took it , as is common on the continent , without giving thegentleinan a voucher ; but lodged
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The Collector.
Dr . Johnson judiciously advised him to publish it in English ; and on this account , we suppose , it has been withheld so long from the world . CARDINAL fLEURY . . UNDER the administration of this celebrated statesmansome
re-, wards were granted to all the officers of a certain regiment , except to the Chevalier de Ferigouse , one of the lieutenants . This gentleman , who was a Gascon , happening one day to be present at the ^ Minister ' s audience , thought proper to address him in the following words : ' I do not know , my lord , by what fatality it happened that 1 was under cover when your eminence was showering down your favours on
the whole regiment . ' The Cardinal was so well pleased with this singular expression , that the Chevalier soon after obtained what he wished for .
ANTHONY EARL OF SHAFTSBURY . WHEN this celebrated nobleman was was on his travels in Ital y , he , one day wanted some veal to be dressed for his dinner ; but his hostess , trembling with horror at the heretical wish , told him it could not be procured on a fast-day . The Earl , more vehement , perhaps , on that very accountinsisted upon having the prohibited dish . On
, this the landlady told him she could not venture to dress it without a dispensation from the parish priest . The Earl ordered her to get it at any rate , and the poor woman applied to the ghostly father , who , on being made acquainted with the country and quality of the guest , laconically told her that the S / gnor might eat and be damned .
PIAVANO ARNOTTO . Tins man was an Italian priest , and being about to embark for a long voyage , he was solicited by his friends to purchase a variety of things for them . The priest received their commissions , put the memorandums in his pocket-book , very carefully , and promised to oblige every one . At his return they all crouded round himto
re-, ceive their purchases ; but , to their great surprise , he only executed one commission . This affronting all the rest , he thus excused himself : ' Gentlemen , when I set sail , I laid all your memorandums on ' the ship ' s gunnel , that I might put them in order ; when , suddenly , an unlucky squall arose , which blew them overboard : and it was impossible for me to remember their contents . ' However' replied
, one of his friends , ' you have brought the silks for Signor- ' ' Very true , ' says the priest , ' but the reason is , that he inclosed in his note several ducats , which prevented its being carried away by the wind , as the rest were . ' MONS . DE SARTINE .
AM Irish gentleman , who wished to purchase an estate in France , lodged his money in the hands of a Banker , who took it , as is common on the continent , without giving thegentleinan a voucher ; but lodged