 | English essays - 1823 - 414 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them. Several other of the old knight's particularities break out upon these occasions.... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 438 pages
...to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suf- . fer nohody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...and looks about him, and if he sees any body else nodding,eithevwakesthemhimself,orsends his servants to them. Several other of the old knight's particularities... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 278 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...it, he stands up and looks about him; and if he sees anybody elsenodding, either-wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them. .Several other of the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...occasions. Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing Psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - Charities - 1828 - 352 pages
...Congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer no body to sleep in it besides himself,—for, if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap...else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them." Even at Oxford, so late as 1697, a bequest was made for a poor man, to sweep and... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends hi* servant to them. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir until Sir Roger is... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in keep the plume of feathers from falling ofF his head. For my own part, when I see bodjr else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them. Several other of the... | |
 | English essays - 1836 - 1118 pages
...chance he has been surprised into a short nap a' sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up nn. looks about him, and if he sees any body else nodding,...himself or sends his servants to them. Several other of tbe old knight's particularities break out upon these occasions. Sometimes he will be lengthening out... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep m it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...occasions. Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing Psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it; sometimes... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised...occasions. Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing of the Psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with... | |
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As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and... 
