 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pàgines
...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...which ' he must have them all ' subscribe;' 'for,' says he, 'the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pàgines
...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...which ' he must have them all ' subscribe;' ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pàgines
...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...which ' he must have them all ' subscribe ;' ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer,... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 286 pàgines
...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 a...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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...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.'... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pàgines
...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...verse, for which he must have them all subscribe ; for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for .him." About this time... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pàgines
...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...verse, for which he must have them all subscribe ; for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him." About this time... | |
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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 must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I... 
