 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 էջ
...purpose he left it with him for three or four days. The answer of Pope was, " that he thought Addison had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it." Pope's reasons, as stated by himself to Mr. Spence,f were * Coxe's Mem. of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 էջ
...purpose he left it with him for three or four days. The answer of Pope was, " that he thought Addison had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it." Pope's reasons, as stated by himself to Mr. Spence,f were * Coxe's Mem. of the... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1842 - 456 էջ
...author brought it to Pope, as just finished, many years after, that poet gave it as his opinion that he had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it, thinking the lines well written, but the piece not theatrical enough (Spence,... | |
 | 1846 - 386 էջ
...author brought it to Pope, as just finished, many years after, that poet gave it as his opinion that he had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it, thinking the lines well written, but the piece not theatrical enough (Spence,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 էջ
...purpose he left it with him for three or four days. The answer of Pope was, " that he thought Addison had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it." Pope's reasons, as stated by himself to Mr. Spence \ were, that " he thought... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - 488 էջ
...finished in 1 718. — P. When Mr. Addison had finished his Cato, he brought it to me ; desired to have my sincere opinion of it, and left it with me for...not act it, and that he would get reputation enough, by only printing it." This I said, as thinking the lines well written, but the piece not theatrical... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1858 - 442 էջ
...finished in 1718.—P. When Mr. Addison had finished his Cato, he brought it to me; desired to have my sincere opinion of it, and left it with me for...sincerely, which was, " that I thought he had better not net it, and that he would get reputation enough, by only printing it." This 1 said, as thinking the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 էջ
..."When Mr. Addison had finished his ' Cato,' he brought it to me, desired to have my sincere opinion on it, and left it with me for three or four days. I...not act it, and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it.' This I said as thinking the lines well written, but the piece not theatrical... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1884 - 202 էջ
...Addison," says Pope, as reported by Spence, "had finished his 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 of it sincerely, which was, ' that I thought he had better not act it, and that he would get reputation... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1886 - 340 էջ
...him I thought he had better not act it,' says he, " and that he would get reputation enough by only printing it. This I said as thinking the lines well written, but the piece not theatrical enough." The four acts of Cato were therefore allowed to rest in peace until the first months of the year 1713.... | |
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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... 
