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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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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 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,...would find his objections to those passages removed ; and read them to him exactly as they were at first. His Lordship was extremely pleased with them,...
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Hogg's Instructor, Volumes 3-4

English literature - 1849 - 896 pages
...scrupulous poet, ' waited on Lord Halifax some tinn after, said I hoped he would find his objections to thu* passages removed, read them to him exactly as they were at first; when his lordship exclaimed, ' Ay. now they sre perfectly right, nothing can be better.' It is a strange...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...him as altered. I have known liim much Inngt-r han you have, and will be answerable for the 'vent.' I followed his advice; waited on Lord Halifax some time after; said, 1 hoped he would find his objections to those passages removed; read :hem to him exactly as they were...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 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,...removed ; 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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 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." Pope followed the advice, and found the result as predicted. The passages were read exactly as they...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 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." Pope followed the advice, and found the result as predicted. The passages were read exactly as they...
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...altered.' Pope followed his advice, waited on Lord Halifax some time after, said he hoped his lordship would find his objections to those passages removed, 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 Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 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 an- . swerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after; said,...
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Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men. Collected from the ...

Joseph SPENCE - Authors, English - 1858 - 488 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,...event." — I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Hallifax some time after : said I hoped he would find his objections to those passages removed, read...
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Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1858 - 442 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."—I followed his advice; waited on Lord Hallifax some time after: said I hoped he would find...
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