| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pàgines
...Dawley, the country farm abovementioned, and begins thus: " I now hold the pen for my Lord Boling!>roke. who is reading your letter between two hay-cocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, bv casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 pàgines
...the insignia and even the implements of husbandry. Pope gives us a sketch of this rural retreat:— I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hay-cocks ; but hU attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 364 pàgines
...of view. This letter is dated from Dawley, the country farm above mentioned, and begins thus : " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading...diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. He is pleased with your placing him in the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 536 pàgines
...view. This letter is dated from Dawley, the country farm above-mentioned, and begins thus : — " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hny-cocks ; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 540 pàgines
...view. This letter is dated from Dawley, the country farm above-mentioned, and begins thus : — " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading...diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. He is pleased with your placing him in the... | |
| 1857 - 602 pàgines
...way of life during his rural retirement is given in one of Pope's letters to Swift : " I now hold tho pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter...not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of ft shower. He is pleased with your placing him in triumvirate, between yourself and me ; though he... | |
| Robert Carruthers - 1857 - 578 pàgines
...spades, prongs, &c., and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm." " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; bat his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what... | |
| 1857 - 632 pàgines
...Bolingbroke's way of life during his rural retirement is given in one of Pope's letters to Swift : — " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks ; bat his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 546 pàgines
...view. This letter is dated from Dawley, the country farm above-mentioned, and begins thus : — " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hay-cock? ; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by catting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration... | |
| 1857 - 654 pàgines
...Bolingbroke's way of life during his rural retirement is given in one of Pope's letters to Swift : — " I DOW hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks ; hut his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what... | |
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