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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.... "
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical ... - Page 398
by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812
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Swift: The Mystery of His Life and Love

James Hay - 1891 - 390 pages
...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...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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Thackeray's Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 474 pages
...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,...in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a that in my life already" (meaning Sir William Temple,} etc. etc. — Jo'irnal to Stella. " I am thinking...
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In Memory of Elizabeth Haven Appleton is Printed this Selection from Her ...

Elizabeth Haven Appleton - 1891 - 284 pages
...be published by subscription Swift went about the coffee-houses and "instructed the young noblemen that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope, a papist, who had begun a translation of Homer in English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe, ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not...
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The Position of the Catholic Church in England and Wales During the Last Two ...

Thomas Murphy - 1892 - 128 pages
...Kennett, that on the 2nd Nov., 1713, Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house and had a bow from everybody. Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best...begun a translation of Homer into English verse." Pope's position as a poet is too well known to call for many remarks here. He was born 1688, the year...
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The Century: 1893, Volume 46

1893 - 976 pages
...goes 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...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 it till...
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Historical Characters of the Reign of Queen Anne

Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 300 pages
...goes 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...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 it till...
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Charles Lamb

Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...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...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...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 pages
...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 poet...papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into Engh'sh verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; for, says he, the author shall not begin...
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The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 4

Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 456 pages
...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...for which he must have them all subscribe ; for," saya he, " the author shall not begin to print until I have a thousand guineas for him." If this were...
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Alexander Pope

Leslie Stephen - 1898 - 234 pages
...promising patronage, whispering to ministers, and filling the whole room with his presence. He finally " instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in...Homer into English verse, for which he must have them O all subscribe; 'for,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas...
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