 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 páginas
...courtiers give me a watch that won't go right 1 ' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet m England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), 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 until I... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - 798 páginas
...late. A gentleman said 'he was too last.' — ' How can I help if,' says the doctor, 'if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that iho best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun n translation of Homer into English... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1875 - 598 páginas
...Dean Swift pre!id?d 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 wrte, for which he must have them all subscribe ;... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 668 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 páginas
...very late. A gentleman said he was too fast. ' How can I help it,' says ths doctor, ' if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right ? ' Then he instructed...the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist;, wha had begun a translation of Homer into English, for which he would have them all subscribe : ' For,'... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 páginas
...ver\' late. A gentleman said 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, that the best [met in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English, for which... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 páginas
...late. A gentleman said, " it 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...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 - 1882 - 874 páginas
...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 won't go right?' Then he instructed...who had begun a translation of Homer into English, foi1 which he would have them all subscribe : ' For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 786 páginas
...that or any other age] was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. He instructed a young nobleman that the best poet...was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation into English verse for which he must have them all subscribt? In short, as the author himself, in his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 páginas
...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 won't go right ? ' Then he instructed...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... | |
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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.... 
