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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... "
Swiftiana ... - Page 162
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...requests. " Then he instructed-a young nobleman that the best poet in Łnglandms " 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...
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Letters. Index

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...'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 the best...Homer into English verse, for which ' he must have them all ' subscribe;' 'for,' says he, 'the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...' 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 the best...Homer into English verse, for which ' he must have them all ' subscribe;' ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pages
...' 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 the best...Homer into English verse, for which ' he must have them all ' subscribe ;' ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not ' begin to print till 1 have a thousand...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...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...Homer into English " verse, for which he must have them all subscribe', ior, says be, the author " shall not begin to print till / fuvt a thousand guineas...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 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...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 have a thousand guineas...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...before 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...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 have a thousand guineas...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...prayers, 'i Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and " business, and acted as master of request. — Then " he instructed a young nobleman that the best...Poet " in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had be" gun a translation of Homer into English verse, for " which he must have them all subscribe ; for,...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...prayers, " Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and " business, and acted as master of request. — Then " he instructed a young nobleman that the best...Poet " in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had be" gun a translation of Homer into English verse, for " which he must have them all subscribe ; for,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...and bu>inc&s, and acted as muster of requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the beat poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into Knglish verve, for which he imut have them all subscribe; for, says be, the author shall not begin...
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