 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 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...translation of Homer into English verse, for which, he said, he must have them all subscribe. ' For,' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 pagina’s
...was too fast.1°7) '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,...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 have... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pagina’s
...was too fast. ' Plow 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...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pagina’s
...was too fast. ' How can I help it,' 833*8 the Doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 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...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 pagina’s
...he 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,...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 pagina’s
...1713, anil in November he 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...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... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 488 pagina’s
...of his conscious authority "instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must tave them all subscribe ; for," says he, " the author shall not begin to print until I have a thousand... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 464 pagina’s
...when Dean Swift presided in the conversation, and amongst other indications of his conscious authority "instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 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 wa& Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must... | |
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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.... 
