| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1861 - 368 páginas
...which he went about eulogising, saying, in coffee-houses, 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 : adding, " the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." Pope was at... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 páginas
...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...to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." Lord Treasurer (Oxford) after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning Dr. Swift to follow... | |
| John Timbs - 1862 - 424 páginas
...give me a watch that wont go right?" Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, a Papist, who had begun a translation...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. Both... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 páginas
...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...have them all subscribe, for," says he, " the author xhall not begin to print till / hav ea thousand guineas for him." Lord Treasurer (Oxford) after leaving... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 páginas
...business, and acted as a master of requests he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation...says he, 'the author shall not -begin to print till / have a thousand guineas for him.' " It was by Swift that Pope was introduced to the leading tories,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 360 páginas
...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," says he, " the author shall not begin to print until I have a thousand guineas for him," If this were the extent of what Swift anticipated from the... | |
| Gerald Patrick Moriarty - 1893 - 402 páginas
...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...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. Both... | |
| 1893 - 974 páginas
...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. " For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print it till... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 436 páginas
...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...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;... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 300 páginas
...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. " For," says he, " the author shall not begin to print it till... | |
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