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In August, 1758, I rode to Inverary, being invited by the Milton family, who always were with the Duke of Argyll. We sat down every day fifteen or sixteen to dinner, and the duke had the talent of conversing with his guests so as to distinguish men of knowledge and ability without neglecting those who valued themselves on their birth and their rent-rolls.
A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous pre-possessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as philosophy, that the difference of fortune makes less difference in happiness than is vulgarly imagined; such a one does not measure out degrees of esteem according to the rent-rolls of his acquaintance.
But it was what is called a lucky family that is to say, a family with a charm that always attracted and absorbed heiresses; and perhaps the splendor of CRECY HOUSE for it always retained its original title might have in some degree contributed to fascinate the taste or imagination of the beautiful women who, generation after generation, brought their bright castles and their broad manors to swell the state and rent-rolls of the family who were so kind to Lothair.
Thus meditating, we returned to the house; and Considine, whose activity never slumbered, sat down to con over the rent-roll with old Maguire the steward. When I joined the count in the evening, I found him surrounded by maps, rent-rolls, surveys, and leases. He had been poring over these various documents, to ascertain from which portion of the property we could best recruit our failing finances.
Meanwhile, Isabelle, here is your dowry, the deed of the estate of Lineuil from which you derive your title, and which yields you an income of fifty thousand crowns per annum together with rent-rolls, and all the various documents appertaining thereto" and he handed a formidable roll of papers to her.
"So you are the intendant?" said Germain. "I have the honour, Monsieur le Chevalier the greatest honour in seven parishes, Monsieur." "Be good enough to pardon me you have no honour at all, sir. "How? what?" gasped Populus. "None whatever. You are a rascal; but as long as I can make you behave yourself you shall remain intendant. You misrepresent my rent-rolls." "Not at all " "Listen to me.
Yes, there, too weak indeed for a babe to fear, lay all that was left of the Strong Man! No enemy but himself had brought him thus low- spendthrift, and swindler, and robber of his own priceless treasures- Health and Strength those grand rent-rolls of joy which Nature had made his inheritance.
Lord Byerdale, indeed, talks some vague nonsense about your having good blood in your veins; but what are your titles, sir? what is your rank? where are your estates? Show me your rent-rolls. I have never known anything of Mr.
And plans, and drawings, and explanations, and rent-rolls, would justify him in spending morning after morning alone with her. Thus cogitating, Lord Vargrave suffered Mr. Douce to stammer out sentence upon sentence, till at length, as he rang for coffee, his lordship stretched himself with the air of a man stretching himself into self-complacency or a good thing, and said, "Mr.
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