 | Alexander Pope - 1831 - 384 страници
...highest favour with ministers, we have the following notice in Bishop Rennet's Diary, November, 1713. " 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 instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist),... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 страници
...Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of the 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... | |
 | 1835 - 932 страници
...help it/ says llm Doctor, 'if the courliers give me a walch that won't go right?' Then he inslrucled 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 lo print till / hate a thousand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 страници
...came into the coffeehouse, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise gical works I am only enough acquainted to admire...of censure. It was not only in his book, but in his have them all subscribe : for, says he, the author thall not begin to print till I have a thousand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 страници
...Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk arid business, and acted as master of rcqutsU. — Then be instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in...translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must hate them all subscribe : for, says he, the author shall rtot begin to print till I hate a thousand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 страници
...When I came to the anti-chamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk ind business, and acted as master of requests.— Then...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 a thousand... | |
 | Irishman - 1842 - 254 страници
...written since. " 1713, — Dr Swift came into the coffee-house, and had a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the anti-chamber to wait before prayers,...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 Ormonde,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 страници
...partisan in the year 1713. " Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house, 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,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 788 страници
...partisan in the year 1713. " Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house, 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 страници
...Pope, a Papist, saw little else Swift came into the coffee-house, 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,... | |
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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... 
