 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 σελίδες
...' 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...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 1 have a... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 σελίδες
...'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...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 1 have a thousand... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 σελίδες
...Marquis of LANSDOWN. "1713. DR. SWIFT came into the coffeehouse, and had a bow from every body but me. When I came to the antichamber to wait before prayers,...the principal man of talk and business, and acted as a master of requests He was soliciting the earl of Arran to speak to his brother the duke of Ormond,... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 286 σελίδες
...into the coffee-house, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the antichamber to wait before...the principal man of talk and business, and acted as a master of requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother the Duke of Orrnond,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 σελίδες
...came into the coffeehouse, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the antichamber to wait, before...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 have a thousand... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 σελίδες
...into the coffee-house, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the anti-chamber to wait, before...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 have a thousand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 σελίδες
...from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the antichan,ber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal...instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in Englaitd was Mr. Pope, n papist, who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 σελίδες
...into the coffee-house, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, eould not but despise him. When I came to the antichamber to wait, before...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 / have& thousand guineas... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 746 σελίδες
...' How can I help it,' says the Doctor, ' if the Courtiers give me a watch that will not go right ?' Then he instructed a young Nobleman, that the best...Homer into English Verse ; for which ' he must hare them all subscribe ;' for, says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a. thousand guineas... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 σελίδες
...into the coffee" house, and had a bow from every body but me, " who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the anti-chamber to wait, before...business, and acted as master of requests. — Then he insructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation... | |
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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... 
