 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly,... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice; but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed He showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, ' It would either take greatly,... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - 488 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice : but it was wholly of his own writing. ~When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, " It would either take greatly,... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1858 - 468 σελίδες
...what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice : hut it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, " It would either take greatly,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 422 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice : but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, ' It would either take greatly,... | |
 | 1862 - 600 σελίδες
...to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly his own writing. When it was done neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who said it would either take greatly, or be greatly damned !" Such... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice : but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, ' It would either take greatly,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, " It would either take greatly,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1865 - 348 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice : but it was wholly of his own • writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it D to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, ' It would either take greatly,... | |
 | 1866 - 752 σελίδες
...on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we, now and then, gave a correction or a word or two of advice, but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve, who, after reading it over, said, " It would either take greatly,... | |
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He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his... 
