 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 342 pagina’s
...courtiers give me a watch that won't go right?' Then he instructed a young Bobleman, that the best poet ID England was Mr. Pope, (a papist,) who had begun a translation of Homer into £nglisb/,,yerse, for which ' he must have them all subScribe ?S'*-for,' says he, ' the author shall... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 pagina’s
...was too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ?* Then he instructed a young nobleman, that...Homer into English verse ; for which ' he must have 'em all subscribe ;' for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas... | |
 | 1815 - 544 pagina’s
...was too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that...Homer into English verse; for which ' he must have 'em all subscribe ;' for, says be, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pagina’s
...prayers, " Dr. Swift was the principal man oP talk and bu" siness, and acted as master of request.— Then he •" instructed a young nobleman that the...Poet " in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist,) who had be" gun a translation of Homer into English verse, "for which he must have them all subscribe; for,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pagina’s
...prayers, " Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and bu" siness, and acted as master of request. — Then he «' instructed a young nobleman that the best...Poet " in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist,) who had be" gun a translation of Homer into English verse, "for which he must have tliem all subscribe; for,... | |
 | 1821 - 670 pagina’s
...was too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that...Homer into English verse; for which ' he must have 'em all subscribe;* for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand guineas... | |
 | 1821 - 754 pagina’s
...was too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that...Homer into English verse; for which ' he must have 'em all subscribe;' for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand guineas... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pagina’s
...prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests.—Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best Poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had began a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe ; for, says... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pagina’s
...before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must liave them all subscribe; for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 pagina’s
...prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests.—Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet...translation of Homer into English verse, for which fie must have them all subscribe ; for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a... | |
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if the courtiers give me a watch that 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.... 
