 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said, ' he was * too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, * if the courtiers give me a watch that...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said, ' he was ' too fast.' 'How can I help 'it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pages
...day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said, ' he was * too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, * if the courtiers give me a watch that...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... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 286 pages
...complained complained that it was very late : a gentleman said, he vans too fast. " Hoiu can I help it" says the Doctor, " if the courtiers give me a watch that...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... | |
 | 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 begun a translation of Homer into English " verse, for which he must have them all subscribe', ior, says be, the author " shall not begin to... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 284 pages
...complained complained that it was very late : a gentleman said, he was too fast. " How can I help it" says the Doctor, " if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right f" Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist) who had... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best...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... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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... 
