 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...requests. " Then he instructed-a young nobleman that the best poet in £nglandms " Mr. Pope (a papist), vho had begun a translation of Homer into English " verse, for which he must have /Jiem att jvlscribt; for, says be, the author " shall not begin to print till / hive a thousand guineas... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 286 Seiten
...late : a gentleman said, he vans too fast. " Hoiu can I help it" says the Doctor, " if the courtiers give me a watch that -won't go right ?" Then he instructed...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... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 284 Seiten
...fast. " How can I help it" says the Doctor, " if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right f" Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 Seiten
...and business, and acted as master of requests. « Then he instructed a young nobleman that the lest poet in England was " Mr. Pope (a papist), who had...verse, for which he must have them all subscribe', ior, says be, the author " shall not begin to print till / fuvt a thousand guineas for him." About... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 492 Seiten
...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...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.'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 Seiten
...prayers, " Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and " business, and acted as master of request. — Then " he 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 he must have them all subscribe ; for,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 Seiten
...prayers, 'i Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and " business, and acted as master of request. — Then " he 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 he must have them all subscribe ; for,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 Seiten
...and bu>inc&s, and acted as muster of requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the beat poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into Knglish verve, for which he imut have them all subscribe; for, says be, the author shall not begin... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 746 Seiten
...too fast.' ' How can I help it,' says the Doctor, ' if the Courtiers give me a watch that will not go right ?' Then he instructed a young Nobleman, that...of Homer into English Verse ; for which ' he must hare them all subscribe ;' for, says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a. thousand... | |
 | John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812 - 764 Seiten
...too fast.' ' How can I help it,' {says the Doctor, ' if the Courtiers give me a watch that will not go right ?' Then he instructed a young Nobleman, that...who had begun a translation of Homer into English Veree ; for which ' he must have them all subscribe;' for, says he, ' the author shall not begin to... | |
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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.... 
