 | Homer - 1899 - 204 страници
...promising patronage, whispering to ministers, and filling the whole room with his presence. He finally ' instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in...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... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 страници
...before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal Man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. He instructed a young nobleman that the best poet...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... | |
 | Homer - 1900 - 216 страници
...courtiers who awaited admittance to Queen Anne's presence, and taking occasion in a loud voice to "instruct a young nobleman that the best poet in England was...translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; 'for,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print until I have a thousand... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1901 - 234 страници
...and took out his gold watch, and telling him A gentleman said, ' it the Doctor, , if the courtThen he instructed a •young nobleman that the best poet...translation of Homer into English verse, for which, he said, he must have them all subscribe. ,For,' says he, 'the author slmll not begin to print till I... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 418 страници
...fast. ' How can I help it,' says the Doctor, ' if the courtiers give rue a watch that won't go right?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...who had begun a translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe : ' For," says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 страници
...from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him 6. When I came to the ante-chamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal...begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for by Mr. Pope, give us reason to think the nineteenth century in a halfthat the Iliad will appear in... | |
 | Thomas H. Dickinson, Frederick William Roe - 1908 - 506 страници
...fast. 'How can I help it,' says 10 the Doctor, 'if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...who had begun a translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe: 'For,' says 15 he, 'he shall not begin to print till I... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 666 страници
...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 guineas... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 страници
...coffee-house and had a bow from everybody but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came into the antichamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift...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... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1909 - 236 страници
...fast." " How can I help it," says the Doctor, " if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right P " Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best...who had begun a translation of Homer into English vorse, for which, he said, he must have them all subscribe. ' For,' says he, ' the author shall not... | |
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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... 
