 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 σελίδες
...V BOSWELL. ' You will allow his Apology to well done.' JOHNSON. 'Very well done, to be sure, Sir2. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's...province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand3.'" BOSWELL. 'And his plays are good.' JOHNSON. 'Yes; but that was his trade; I' esprit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 σελίδες
...BOSWELL. ' You will allow his Apology to be well done.' JOHNSON. 'Very well done, to be sure, Sir 2. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's...province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand3.'" BOSWELL. ' And his plays are good.' JOHNSON. ' Yes ; but that was his trade; V esprit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 σελίδες
...BOSWELL. " You will allow his ' Apology ' to be well done ? " JOHNSON. " Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice...command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.' " 1 Better known as Owen McSwinney, of her becoming a Protestant. She pubonce manager of Drury Lane,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 σελίδες
...BOSWELL. " You will allow his ' Apology ' to be well done." JOHNSON. " Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice...was his trade ; I' esprit du corps ; he had been all 1 Owen McSwinney, who died in 1754, and bequeathed his fortune to Mrs. Woffington, the actress. He... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 464 σελίδες
...not." BOSWELL. " You will allow his ' Apology' to be well done." JOHNSON. " Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice...plays are good." JOHNSON. "Yes; but that was his trade ; Pesprit dv, corps ; he had been all his life among players and play-writers. I wondered that he had... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 σελίδες
...not." BOSWELL: "You will allow his 'Apology' te be well done," JOHNSON : "Very well done, to be sure, Qڨ A N[ ưA v{֝ K =ɧ56 a 3 - `]2 1 ã \$jB q@ i;#j GX intent his several province well command, Would all but stuup to what they understand.' " BOSWELL :... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1891 - 110 σελίδες
...spirits. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. [could = should be able. ] Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. [ Would = were willing to,] Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul (Were he on earth) would hear,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1892 - 164 σελίδες
...deal bigger." The criticism was true as far as it went, but the man had no conception of beauty. " Each might his several province well command Would all but stoop to what they understand." The receipt given for an essay on Chinese Metaphysics was, look out China under the letter C and metaphysics... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 σελίδες
...single parts. Like kings we lose the conquests gain'd before, By vain ambition still to make them more: Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1893 - 796 σελίδες
..." Like king», we lose the conquesta gained before. By rain ambition still to make them more ; Euch might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they umlerstand." POPE. " Here I had ended ; but experience inds That sundry women are of sundry minds ;... | |
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Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark: Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. 
