 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Biography - 1880 - 388 pages
...which ' he must have them all subscribe, for,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord-treasurer,...to follow him : both went off just before prayers." There can be no question as to the social and political power which Swift wielded at this time. Yet... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...says he, • he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.'* Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room beckoning...follow him, — both went off just before prayers." There's a little malice in the Bishop's "just before prayers." This picture of the great Dean seems... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 pages
...he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning...follow him ; both went off just before prayers,'• There is undoubtedly something offensive in this blustering self-assertion. " No man," says Johnson,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.'* Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room beckoning...follow him, — both went off just before prayers." There's a little malice in the Bishop's "just before prayers." This picture of the great Dean seems... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 530 pages
...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 / have a...bottom of some hearts : a whisper that Mr. Nelson had a prime hand in the late book for hereditary right ; and that one of them was presented to majesty itself,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1883 - 510 pages
...which ' he must have them all subscribe ; ' ' for/ says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord-treasurer,...bottom of some hearts : a whisper that Mr. Nelson had a prime hand in the late book for hereditaryright ; and that one of them was presented to majesty itself,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 504 pages
...' he must have them all subscribe ; ' ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord-treasurer,...bottom of some hearts : a whisper that Mr. Nelson had a prime hand in the late book for hereditary right ; and that one of them was presented to majesty itself,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 504 pages
...' he must have them all subscribe ; ' ' for,' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord-treasurer,...bottom of some hearts: a whisper that Mr. Nelson had a prime hand in the late book for hereditary right ; and that one of them was presented to majesty itself,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pages
...For,' says he, 'he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' * Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning...follow him, — both went off just before prayers." There's a little malice in the Bishop's " just before prayers." This picture of the great Dean seems... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1883 - 880 pages
...For,' says he, ' he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.'^ Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room beckoning Dr. Swift to follow him, — both went otf just before prayers." There's a little malice in the Bishop's "just before prayers." This picture... | |
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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... 
