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" All you need do (says he) is to leave them just as they are; call on Lord Halifax two or three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will... "
Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the ... - Page 274
by Richard Ryan - 1826 - 305 pages
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 pages
...three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages; and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have,...the event." I followed his advice; waited on Lord Hallifax some time after: said, I hoped ' * This is lengthened from the short hints in the first memorandum...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 pages
...three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event.5 I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after; said, I hoped he would find...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind " observations on those passages, and then read " them to him as altered. I have known him " much longer than you have, and will be answer" able for the event.' I followed his advice ; " waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind " observations on those passages, and then read " them to him as altered. I have known him " much longer than you have, and will be answer" able for the event.' I followed his advice ; " waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him, as altered. I have known him much longer than you have,...; read them to him, exactly as they were at first : and then his Lordship was extremely pleased with them, and cried out, ' Aye, now they are perfectly...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him, as altered. I have known him much longer than you have,...; read them to him, exactly as they were at first : and then his Lordship was extremely pleased with them, and cried out, ' Aye, now they are perfectly...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 404 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind '' observations on those passages, and then read " them to him as altered. I have known him much " longer than you have,...; " read them to him exactly as they were at first ; " and his Lordship was extremely pleased with " them, and cried out, ' Ay, now they are per" fectly...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have,...; read them to him exactly as they were at first; and his Lordship was extremely pleased with them, and-cried out, 'Ay, now they are perfectly right:...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 pages
...three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have,...; read them to him exactly as they were at first; and his Lordship was extremely pleased with them, and cried out, 'Ay, now they are perfectly right...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 410 pages
...three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then rend them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have,...Halifax some time after; said, I hoped he would find liis objections to those passages removed ; read them to him exactly as they were at first; and his...
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