too-little-consulted

Updated: May 26, 2025

"Quem fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro Appone," and "Grata superveniet, quae non sperabitur, hora," he tells us in his too-little-consulted Proposal for the Poor, he had schooled himself to regard events with equanimity, striving above all, in what remained to him of life, to perform the duties of his office efficiently, and solicitous only for those he must leave behind him.

Austin Dobson - Fielding