| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...requests. " Then he instructed-a young nobleman that the best poet in £nglandms " Mr. Pope (a papist), vho had begun a translation of Homer into English " verse, for which he must have /Jiem att jvlscribt; for, says be, the author " shall not begin to print till / hive a thousand guineas... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...' How can I help it,' says the doctor, * if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go ' right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...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 room... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...'How can I help 'it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go ' right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...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 room... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pages
...' How can I help it,' says the doctor, * if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go ' right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...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 room... | |
| Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 286 pages
...fast. " Hoiu can I help it" says the Doctor, " if the courtiers give me a watch that -won't go right ?" Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...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... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...and business, and acted as master of requests. « Then he instructed a young nobleman that the lest poet in England was " Mr. Pope (a papist), who had...verse, for which he must have them all subscribe', ior, says be, the author " shall not begin to print till / fuvt a thousand guineas for him." About... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 492 pages
...fast.* ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...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.'... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...master of requests. Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in Englaitd was Mr. Pope, n papist, who had begun a translation of Homer into...have them all subscribe ; for, says he, the author ,thall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...prayers, " Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and " business, and acted as master of request. — Then " he instructed a young nobleman that the best...Poet " in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had be" gun a translation of Homer into English verse, for " which he must have them all subscribe ; for,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...prayers, 'i Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and " business, and acted as master of request. — Then " he instructed a young nobleman that the best...Poet " in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had be" gun a translation of Homer into English verse, for " which he must have them all subscribe ; for,... | |
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