Note 110 — LETTERS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD (continued 2)
Reading edition
FitzGerald frequently referred to a story from Wesley’s Journal, which he quotes in Polonius, p. lxx. ‘A gentleman of large fortune, while we were seriously conversing, ordered a servant to throw some coals on the fire. A puff of smoke came out. He threw himself back in his chair, and cried out, “O Mr. Wesley, these are the crosses I meet with every day!”’