Daily at the old hour he has his own Concert, now and then assisting with his own flute.

Makes donations to the Poor, and such like, due from Saxon Sovereignty while held by him; on the other hand, reduces salaries at a sad rate Guarini, Queen's Confessor, from near 2,000 pounds to little more than 300 pounds, for one instance;--cuts off about 25,000 pounds in all under this head.
[_Helden-Geschichte, _iv.

306 ("December, 1756").] And is heavy with billeting, as new Prussians arrive.

Billets at length in the very Ambassadors' Hotels,--and by way of apology to the Excellencies, signifies to them in a body: "Sorry for the necessity, your Excellencies: but ought not you to go to Warsaw rather?
Your credentials are to his Polish Majesty.

He is not here; nor coming hither, for some time!" Which hint, I suppose, the Excellencies mostly took.