 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 562 pàgines
...of view. This letter is dated from Dawley, the country farm above mentioned, and begins thus : 2 " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hay -cocks ; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the... | |
 | Arthur Hassall - 1889 - 272 pàgines
...Dawley to Swift a letter which is often quoted : — " I now hold the pen for my Lord Boliugbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks ;...admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. . . . As to the return of his health and vigour, were you here, you might inquire of his haymakers... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 630 pàgines
...the sunshine of the great man's presence. Writing to Swift in 1728, he (Pope) says that he is holding the pen "for my Lord Bolingbroke," who is reading your letter between two hay-cocks, with his attention occasionally distracted by a threatening shower. Bolingbroke is acting the temperate... | |
 | 1896 - 368 pàgines
...(vol. iv.) there is a letter from him to Dean Swift, dated Dawley, June 28, 1728, in which he says, "I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading...admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. . . . Now his lordship is run after his coat I have a moment left to myself to tell you that I overheard... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 384 pàgines
...other encomiums, those of Pope are not the least pleasing. In one of his letters to Swift he says: " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading...admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. As to the return of his health and vigour, were you here, you might inquire of his haymakers, but as... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1909 - 438 pàgines
...owner of Dawley, and his particular scheme of decoration, over which some visitors made pleasant. I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two I lay cocks ; but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1914 - 238 pàgines
...sunshine of the great man's presence. "Writing to Swift in 1728, he (Pope) says that he is holding the pen "for my Lord Bolingbroke," who is reading your letter between two haycocks, with his attention occasionally distracted by a threatening shower. Bolingbroke is acting the temperate... | |
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I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hay-cocks; but his -attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower... 
