 | James Hay - 1891 - 390 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 have... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 474 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,...in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a that in my life already" (meaning Sir William Temple,} etc. etc. — Jo'irnal to Stella. " I am thinking... | |
 | Elizabeth Haven Appleton - 1891 - 284 pagina’s
...be published by subscription Swift went about the coffee-houses and "instructed the young noblemen that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, a papist, who had begun a translation of Homer in English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe, ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not... | |
 | Thomas Murphy - 1892 - 128 pagina’s
...Kennett, that on the 2nd Nov., 1713, Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house and had a bow from everybody. Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best...begun a translation of Homer into English verse." Pope's position as a poet is too well known to call for many remarks here. He was born 1688, the year... | |
 | 1893 - 974 pagina’s
...goes 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 it till... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 300 pagina’s
...goes 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 it till... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 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...papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into Engh'sh verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; for, says he, the author shall not begin... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 456 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...for which he must have them all subscribe ; for," saya he, " the author shall not begin to print until I have a thousand guineas for him." If this were... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1898 - 234 pagina’s
...promising patronage, whispering to ministers, and filling the whole room with his presence. He finally " instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in...Homer into English verse, for which he must have them O all subscribe; 'for,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas... | |
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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.... 
