 | Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 574 pàgines
...procure a propitious recep" tion. " It is counted uncivil to vifit in this country " 'without an offering in hand. All great men " expect it as a kind of tribute...to their " character and authority; and look upon " themfelves as affronted, and indeed de" frauded, when this compliment is omitted. ." Even in familiar... | |
 | John Wesley - 1785 - 718 pàgines
...men expeft it as a kind of tribute due to their charafter and authority ; and look upon themfelves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted. Even in familiar vifits amongft inferior people, you fhall feldom have them come without bringing a ftower, or an orange,... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pàgines
...propitious reception. It is counted uncivil to visit in this country without an offering in hand. AH great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their...indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted. Even infamiliar visits amongst inferior people, you shall seldom have them come without bringing a flower,... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 pàgines
...basha a pair of beautiful pistols, which he had bought at Damascus, to procure a propitious reception. All great men expect it, as a kind of tribute due...and authority, and look upon themselves as affronted when this compliment is omitted. Even in familiar visits, amongst inferior people, they seldom come... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pàgines
...procure a propitious reception. It is counted uncivil to visit in this country without an ottering in hand. All great men expect it as a kind of tribute...indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted. Even infamiliar visits amongst inferior people, you shall seldom have them come without bringing a flower,... | |
 | John Brown - 1811 - 742 pàgines
...Mauniliel in his journey from Aleppo to yerutaleni, " to visit in this country without an offering- in hand. All great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority. Even the inferior people seldom n.ake their familiar visits without bringing a ll.ivver, an orange,... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1811 - 804 pàgines
...It is counted uncivil to vifit in this country without an offering in hand. All great тип expedí it, as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority ; and look upon themfelves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted. Even in familiar vifits... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1815 - 436 pàgines
...Maundrell, p. 26, to visit in this country without an offering in hand. All great men expect it as a tribute due to their character and authority ; and...themselves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when the compliment is omitted." Hence Ilw to visit a person is equivalent to a nuking him a present ; and... | |
 | 1824 - 984 pàgines
...reception. It is counted uncivil to visit in this country without an offering in hand. All great men expert it as a kind of tribute due to their character and...themselves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when the compliment is omitted. Even in familiar visits among inferior people, you shall seldom have them... | |
 | Isaiah (the prophet) - 1822 - 464 pàgines
...Maundrell, p. 26. " to visit in this country without an offering in hand. All great men expect it as a tribute due to their character and authority ; and...themselves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when the compliment is omitted." Hence iw to visit a person is equivalent to making him a present ; and... | |
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It is counted uncivil to visit in this country without an oifering in hand. All great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority ; and look upon themselves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted. 
