 | 1882 - 462 страници
...won't go right?" 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 said, he must have them all subscribe. " For," said he, " the author shall not begin to print till... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 страници
...translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe : ' For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas...him.' * Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen,, because he might have been Secretary of State at fifty ; and here is a young fellow hardly thirty in... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 страници
...translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe : ' For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas...for him.' * Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, because he might have been Secretary of State at fifty ; and here is a young fellow hardly thirty in... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 страници
...translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe : ' For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas...for him.' * Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, because he might have been Secretary of State at fifty ; and here is a young fellow hardly thirty in... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 страници
...translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe : ' For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas...for him.' * Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, because he might have been Secretary of State at fifty ; and here is a young fellow hardly thirty in... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 страници
...coffee-house in 1713, Swift was seen informing "a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into...to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.'" In 1720, when Pope had reached his thirtysecond year, the translation was completed. Its success surpassed... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 страници
...master of requests. 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...to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' " So young Mr. Pope, at this time, — twenty-five years old, — was the best poet in England, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 674 страници
...won't go right ?' 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...says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I'liave a thousand guineas for him.' Lord-treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 страници
...his Diary, says : " 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...to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' " Swift's knowledge of Pope seems to have begun after the publication of ' Windsor Forest,' which he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 страници
...was heard by Dr. Kennet " instructing a young nobleman that the best poet iu England was Mr. Pope, a papist, who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all nubscribe, ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for... | |
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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... 
