 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...day, 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...English for which he would have them all subscribe; Tor,' says he, 'he shall not begin to print till "Lord Treasurer has had an ugly fit of the rheumatism,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 pages
...the day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said he was too fast. " How can I help it," said 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 to... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 448 pages
...Roman Catholics. In his MS. Diary he appears much displeased with Swift, whom he heard "instructing a young nobleman that the best poet in " England was Mr. Pope — a Papist ! " (Sec Swift's Works, voL xvi. p. 100.) 1719. THE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. 329 trayed into some very... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 448 pages
...Roman Catholics. In his MS. Diary he appears, much displeased with Swift, whom he heard " instructing a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope "—a Papist!" (See Swift's Works, vol. xvi. p. 100.) When we consider the powerful combination by which this Bill... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pages
...day, 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...which he would have them all subscribe ; ' For,' says he, "he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." Lord Treasurer, after leaving... | |
 | 1854 - 598 pages
...the 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...nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (e Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as a master of requests he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...the day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said he was too fast. " How can I help it," eays the Doctor, '' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ?" Then he instructed a younjr nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 788 pages
...day, complained it was\cry late. A gentleman paid ' he was too last.' — ' How can I help i1,' says the doctor, 'if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go tichl Î' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the bcsl poet in England waa Mr. Pope (a papist),... | |
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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... 
