 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...have them all fub" fcribe ; for, fays he, the author Jhall not begin to print " till / have a thoufand guineas for him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who was, with all his political fur}', good-natured and officious, procured an interview between thefe angry rivals, which ended in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800
...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
...'it,' says the doctor, ' 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...says he, 'the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801
...it,' says the doctor, * 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...says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801
...it,' says the doctor, * 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...says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand guineas for ' him.' Lord treasurer, after leaving the queen, came through the room... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804
...it" says the Doctor, " 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...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
...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 poet in England was...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
...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
...it,' says the doctor, ' 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...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
...was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was...says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for .him." About this time it is likely that Steele, who wa», with all his... | |
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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... 
