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" Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I... "
Biographies [of] Shakespeare, Pope, Goethe, and Schiller, and On the ... - Page 119
by Thomas De Quincey - 1863
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pages
...right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English...for,' says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English...for,' says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the...
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Letters. Index

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English...'for,' says he, 'the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
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Swiftiana ...

Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 286 pages
...right ?" Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist) who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have 'em all subscribe ; " for," says he, " the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand guineas...
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Swiftiana ...

Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 284 pages
...right f" Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist) who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have 'em all subscribe ; " for," says he, " the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand guineas...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 10

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 492 pages
...right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which ' he must have them all subscribe ;' c for,' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.'...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...requests. Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, a papist, who had begun a translation of Homer into English...for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who was, with all...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English...for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for .him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who wa», with...
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