 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 528 pages
...an answer to it ? " It is a present," said he, " or rather a legacy, " from my old friend the Bishop of Rochester. I " went to take my leave of him yesterday...infirmities, and my age and " ' exile, it is not likely we should ever meet again, " ' and therefore I give you this legacy to remember " ' me by. Take it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 582 pages
...an answer to it. " It is a present," said he, " or rather a legacy, from my old friend, the Bishop of Rochester. I went to take my leave of him yesterday...the Tower, where I saw this Bible upon his table. He said to me : — ' My friend Pope, considering your infirmities, and my age and exile, it is not... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1927 - 104 pages
...write an answer to it? "It is a present," said he, "or rather a legacy, from my old friend " the bishop of Rochester. I went to take " my leave of him yesterday...infirmities, and my age and exile, " it is not likely we should ever meet again, "and " and therefore I give you this legacy to "remember me by. Take it... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 2004 - 440 pages
...in the Tower, where I faw this bible upon his table. After the firft compliments, the Bifliop faid to me, My friend POPE, considering your infirmities, and my age and exile, it is not likely that we mould ever meet again ; and therefore I give you this legacy to remember me by it. — Does your lordmip... | |
 | English essays - 1777 - 750 pages
...bible upon his table. After the firft compliments, the bifhop faid tome, My friend Pope, confidering your infirmities and my age and exile, it is not likely that we ihould ever meet again ; and therefore I give you this legacy to remember me by it. Take it home with... | |
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My friend " ' Pope, considering your infirmities, and my age and " ' exile, it is not likely we should ever meet again, " ' and therefore I give you this legacy to remember " ' me by. Take it home with yo.u, and let me advise " 
