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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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Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1858 - 468 pages
...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 his objections to those passages renloved, read them to him exactly as they were at first ; his lordship was extremely pleased with...
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Lives of Great and Celebrated Characters of All Ages and Countries ...

1860 - 782 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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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1861 - 660 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,...waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said, I hoped ho would find his objections to those passages removed ; read them to him exactly as they were at first...
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The Book of Humour, Wit & Wisdom: A Manual of Table-talk

English wit and humor - 1874 - 378 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, * Aye, now they are perfectly right...
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The Great and Eccentric Characters of the World, Their Lives and Their Deeds ...

Biography - 1877 - 814 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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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 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 answer1 Spence. able for the event." I followed his advice, waited on Lord Halifax some time after,...
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English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 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 he answerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after; said,...
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The Six Chief Lives from Johnson's Lives of the Poets: With Macaulay's Life ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1881 - 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,...after ; said, I hoped he would find his objections 1 Spence. to those passages removed ; read them to him exactly as they were at first: and his Lordship...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 2

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 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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Village London: The Story of Greater London, Volume 1

Edward Walford - History - 1884 - 628 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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