 Regnier, secretary of the French Academy, was collecting in his hat from each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president, Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota, which the Abbe" not perceiving, he presented...  Walpoliana - Page 142by Horace Walpole - 1800 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - Anecdotes - 1800 - 302 pages
...mafter-ftrokc I have fhewn to no other perfon, Kving." Incredible FaEt. The Abbe Regnier, fecretary of the French Academy, was collecting in his hat from each member a contribution for a certain pwrpofe. The prefident Rofes, one of the forty, was a great mifer, but had paid his quota , which the... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pages
.... • --iH[inq 0•• CLIII. INCREDIBLE FACT. ii-i ihiiioi ' . Ii nw% THE Abb6 Regnier, secretary of the French academy. was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota; which the abbe not perceiving,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 464 pages
...one to dare it," always succeeds. CLIH. INCREDIBLE FACT. THE abbd Regnier, secretary of the Freuch academy, was collecting in his hat from each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota ; which the abbd not perceiving,... | |
 | George Moir - Anecdotes - 1827 - 466 pages
...exact. What has that book to do with chronology? LXVI. INCREDIBLE FACT. The Abb6 Regnier, secretary of the French academy, was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota ; which the abbe not perceiving,... | |
 | George Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1828 - 654 pages
...annum, and was at a loss whom to appoint his heir. Walpole relates, that the Abb£ Regnier, secretary of the French Academy, was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota; which the abb6 not perceiving,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...impossible for any one to dare it," always succeeds. CLIII. INCREDIBLE FACT. THE Abb£ Regnier, secretary of the French academy, was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota ; which the abb£ not... | |
 | London tales - Short stories, English - 1858 - 262 pages
...neglect you, put the worst construction upon it you can. INCREDIBLE FACT.— The Abbé Regnier, secretary of the French Academy, was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president, Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota; which the abbé not... | |
 | Eloquence - 1860 - 360 pages
...in three years, and, for her part, she was determined to go to China. The Abbe" Regnier, secretary of the French Academy, was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president, Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota, which the Abbe" not... | |
 | Adversaria - 1873 - 218 pages
...writing I take several cups of coffee. — Walpole. AN INCREDIBLE FACT. THE Abb6 Regnier, secretary of the French Academy, was collecting in his hat from...each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, but had paid his quota ; which the abb6 not perceiving,... | |
 | American literature - 1881 - 520 pages
...can also bow — and leave." Incredible Generosity.— The Abbé Régnier, secretary of the Krench Academy, was collecting in his hat from each member a contribution for a certain purpose. The president, Roses, one of the forty, was a great miser, bul had paid his quota, which the abbé not... | |
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