Life of the Late John Elwes--Potter, 1815 - 89 sider |
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Side 27 - To see him setting out on a journey, was a matter truly curious: his first care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, or any scraps of bread which he found; baggage he never took; then, mounting one of his hunters, his next attention was to get out of London, into that road where turnpikes were the fewest.
Side 30 - give" and "pay" were not found in his vocabulary ; and therefore when he once received a very dangerous kick from one of his horses, who fell in going over a leap, nothing could persuade him to have any assistance. He rode the chase through, with his leg cut to the bone...
Side 59 - Elwes often used, and the saying was this — " If you keep one servant, your work is done; if you keep two, it is half done ; but if you keep three, you may do it yourself.
Side 41 - This was some clue to Colonel Timms : and away he went thither. As the best mode of information, he got hold of a chairman — but no intelligence could he gain of a gentleman called Mr. Elwes. Colonel Timms then described his person — but no gentleman had been seen. A pot-boy, however, recollected that he had seen a poor old man opening the door of the stable, and locking it after him : and from every description, it agreed with the person of old Mr. Elwes. Of course, Colonel Timms went to the...
Side 73 - He, one day, during this period, dined upon the remaining part of a -moor-hen, which had been brought out of the river by a rat ! and at another...
Side 87 - The first symptoms of more immediate decay, was his inability to enjoy his rest at night. Frequently would he be heard at midnight as if struggling with some one in his chamber, and crying out «' I will keep my money, I will ; nobody shall rob me of my pro perty.
Side 15 - Chelmsford, which he did not much like, and begin to dress in character — a pair of small iron buckles, worsted stockings darned, a worn-out old coat, and a tattered waistcoat, were put on, and onwards he rode to visit his uncle, who used to contemplate him with a miserable kind of satisfaction, and seemed pleased to find his heir attempting to come up with him in the race of avarice. There...
Side 26 - Sometimes, when the cattle did not arrive at the hour he expected, he would walk on, in the mire, to meet them; and, more than once, he has gone on foot the whole way to his farm without stopping, which was seventeen miles from London, after sitting up the whole night.
Side 32 - Elwes, on horseback, and were to set out at seven in the morning. Imagining they were to breakfast at Newmarket, the gentleman took no refreshment, and away they went. They reached Newmarket about eleven, and Mr. Elwes began to busy himself in inquiries and conversation till twelve, when the match was decided in favor of Lord Abingdon. He then thought they should move off' to the town, to take some breakfast: but old Elwes still continued riding about till three, and then four arrived; at which time...