 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 էջ
...Montagu to Pope, that failing health had more to do with Addison's retreat than Johnson imagined. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...State with the less surprise, in that I knew that post waa almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe that he would have... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 480 էջ
...British Resident to the Court of France, and secretary to Lord Stair. Constantinople, Sep. 1st, 1717. I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...Secretary of State with the less surprise, in that I know that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 484 էջ
...letter see Lord WharncluTe's edition of Montague, vol. ii. p. 280. . Constantinople, Sep. 1st, 1717. I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...Secretary of State with the less surprise, in that I know that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 360 էջ
...to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." — DR. JOHNSON. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...believe that he would have done well to have declined it But it is not for his reputation as the great author of " Cato " and the " Campaign," or for his merits... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 360 էջ
...to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." — DR. JOHNSON. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...surprise, in that I knew that post was almost offered to Mm before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe that he would have done well to have declined... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 էջ
...as my Lady Warwick's husband, or for his eminence as an Examiner of political questions on the Whig "I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared Secretary of State with the less surprise, in thatlknew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 414 էջ
...to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." — Dr. Johnson. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...in that I knew that post was almost offered to him But it is not for his reputation as the great author of j " Cato " and the " Campaign," or for his... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1876 - 416 էջ
...persons, manners, conversation, and amusements, are very far from being destitute of elegance and ease. I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...Secretary of State with the less surprise in that I know that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 էջ
...to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." — DR. JOHNSON. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...that time he declined it, and I really believe that be vould But it is not for his reputation as the great author of "Cato" and the "Campaign," or for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 էջ
...to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." — DR. JOHNSON. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...that post was almost offered to him before. At that lime he declined it. and I really believe thai he would have done well to have declined it now. Such... | |
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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. 
