| Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 440 páginas
...will ex• His late royal highnefs Frederick prince of Wales. U 4 pedt pect from them. The duchefs of Marlborough makes great court to me; but I am too' old for her, mind and body ; yet I cultivate fome young people's friendfhip, becaufe they may be honeft men : whereas the old ones experience too... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 410 páginas
...all I afk from eour tiers, and all a wife man will" expeel from them. The duchefs of Marl~ borough makes great court to me ; but I am too old for her, mind and body; yet I cultivate fome young people's friendfhip, Uecaufe they may be honeft men ; whereas the old ones experience too... | |
| English secretary - 1772 - 268 páginas
...civil to me, which is all I alk from Courtiers, and all a wife Man will expect from them. The Duchefs of Marlborough makes great Court to me, but I am too old for her Mind and Body; yet I cultivate fome young People's Fr iendfhip, becaufe they may be honeft Men ; whereas the old ones, Experience... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 394 páginas
...me;, •which is all I afk from courtiers, and all a wife man will expe£h from them. The Dutchefs of Marlborough makes great court to me ; but I. am too old for her, mind and body ; yet I culri« vate fome young people's friendfhip, becaufe they may be honeft men ^ whereas the old ones,... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 538 páginas
...civil to me ; which is all I afk from Courtiers, and all a wife man will expe& from them. The Duchefs of Marlborough makes great court to me ; but I am too old for her, mind and body ; yet I cultivate fome young people's friendfhip, becaufe they may be honeft men : whereas the old ones experience too... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 540 páginas
...civil to me ; which is all I aik from Courtiers, and all a wife man will expect from them. The Duchefs of Marlborough. makes great court to me ; but I am too old for her, mind and body ; yet I cultivate feme young people's friendfhip, becaufe they may be honeft men : whereas the old ones experience too... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 594 páginas
...with the courtiers I ever was or would be acquainted with : At least, they are civil to me; which is all I ask from courtiers, and all a wise man will...Marlborough makes great court to me ; but I am too old frr her mind and body ; yet I cultivate some young people's friendship, because they may be honest... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 páginas
...courtiers I ever was, or would be, acquainted with. At least they are civil to me, which is all I asbfrom courtiers, and all a wise man will expect from them....cultivate some young people's friendship, because they mty be honest men, whereas the old ones, experience too often proves not to be so ; I having dropped... | |
| George Henry Rose - 1831 - 604 páginas
...himself as follows respecting the Duchess of Marlborough, in a letter to Swift of the 17th May, 1739; 'The Duchess of Marlborough ' makes great court to me ; but I am too old for her, mind and body ;' thus closing this intelligence by an insinuation, which is as coarse as k is groundless, and, from... | |
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