Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... give an account of any story to twelve friends together ; though I could tell it to any three of them with a great deal of plea- sure . When I was to appear for the Bishop of Rochester on his trial , though I had but ten words to say ...
... give an account of any story to twelve friends together ; though I could tell it to any three of them with a great deal of plea- sure . When I was to appear for the Bishop of Rochester on his trial , though I had but ten words to say ...
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... gives the sense very well , and lays it more open ; which may be of good service * See p . 20 , where he says he showed this Essay to Walsh in 1706. M. may to Mr. Dobson in any passages where he find 16 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
... gives the sense very well , and lays it more open ; which may be of good service * See p . 20 , where he says he showed this Essay to Walsh in 1706. M. may to Mr. Dobson in any passages where he find 16 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
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... give him . a hundred guineas for it . He began upon it , and I think translated all the first epistle ; and what I showed of it to Lord Oxford , and Mr. Pope was very well ap- proved of . It was then that Mr. Benson offered to give the ...
... give him . a hundred guineas for it . He began upon it , and I think translated all the first epistle ; and what I showed of it to Lord Oxford , and Mr. Pope was very well ap- proved of . It was then that Mr. Benson offered to give the ...
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... give the other half to Court― Was a couplet in the manuscript for the fourth book of the Dunciad ; but I believe I shall omit it , though , if rightly under- stood , it has more of commendation than of satire in it . - The same . I had ...
... give the other half to Court― Was a couplet in the manuscript for the fourth book of the Dunciad ; but I believe I shall omit it , though , if rightly under- stood , it has more of commendation than of satire in it . - The same . I had ...
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... give it a reading for the versification only . - The same . [ How much he has corrected , and in what man- ner , may be seen by the manuscripts of each , which are bound up ; that of the Iliad in two volumes , and that of the Odyssey in ...
... give it a reading for the versification only . - The same . [ How much he has corrected , and in what man- ner , may be seen by the manuscripts of each , which are bound up ; that of the Iliad in two volumes , and that of the Odyssey in ...
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Էջ 133 - That's very strange ; but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Էջ 148 - Snch a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both.
Էջ 129 - Prior was not a right good man. He used to bury himself for whole days and nights together with a poor mean creature, and often drank hard.
Էջ 136 - OOOJJO some time; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan. This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera.
Էջ 10 - Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should...
Էջ 8 - Iliad, because he had looked over Mr. Tickell's, but could wish to have the benefit of his observations on my second, which I had then finished, and which Mr. Tickell had not touched upon.
Էջ 262 - ... nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum quam sit, et angustis hunc addere rebus honorem...
Էջ 158 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Էջ 146 - Cato, he brought it to me ; desired to have my sincere opinion of it, and left it with me for three or four days. I gave him my opinion sincerely, which was, " that I thought he had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough, by only printing it.
Էջ 162 - M great man operated very strongly in him in the very beginning of his life, and continued to the very end of it. One day as he was looking over some papers in his scrutoire with Lord Cadogan, he opened one of the little drawers, took out a green purse, and turned some broad pieces out of it, and after viewing them for some time with a satisfaction that appeared very visible in his face, " Cadogan (says he), observe these pieces well ; they deserve to be observed.