 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 páginas
...day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said, ' he was * too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, * if the courtiers give me a watch that...says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 páginas
...day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said, ' he was ' too fast.' 'How can I help 'it,' says the doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that...says he, 'the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 páginas
...day, complained it was very late. A gentleman said, ' he was * too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the doctor, * if the courtiers give me a watch that...says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 286 páginas
...Pope (a papist) who had begun a translation of 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 for him." The Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 492 páginas
...had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which ' he must have them all subscribe ;' c for,' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room, beckoning Dr. Swift to follow him :... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 páginas
...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...to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who was, with all his political fury, good natured and officious,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 páginas
...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...to print till I have a thousand guineas for .him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who wa», with all his political fury, good\ natnred and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 páginas
...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...to print till I have " a thousand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who was, with all his political fury, good-natured and officious,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 páginas
...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...says " he, the author shall not begin to print till / have 'ca thousand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who was, with all his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 páginas
...Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe ; for, says he, the author ,thall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who was, with all his political fury, good nntured and officious,... | |
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How can I help it,' said the doctor, ' 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... 
