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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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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as subservient to reason: • It 1 hoped he would find his objections to those passages removed; read them to him exactly as they were...
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Greater London: a narrative of its history, its people, and its places, Volume 1

Edward Walford - London (England) - 1885 - 664 pages
...small bridge about a mile from Pope's residence valions 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.1 I followed his advice; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said, I hoped he would find...
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Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 480 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 Stenographer, Volume 2

Shorthand - 1892 - 708 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 re suit i followed his advice waited on lord halifax some time after said i hoped he would find his...
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Johnson's Life of Pope [ed.] by P. Peterson

Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 228 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 10 answerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said,...
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Life of Pope

Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 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 10 answerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after; said,...
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Sir Samuel Garth und seine Stellung zum komischen Epos

Theodor Schenk - Epic poetry - 1900 - 154 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,...followed his advice; waited on Lord Halifax some time afler; said l hoped he would find his objectiona tu diese passages renioved; read them to him exactly...
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Lives of the English Poets: Swift-Lyttelton

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 582 pages
...Anec. p. 134. Spence Iliad. Post, POPE, 271. says in a note : — ' This is lengthened 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 [Mr. Pope] they are perfectly...
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Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters

Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - Authors, English - 1909 - 694 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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Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters

Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - Authors, English - 1909 - 666 pages
...I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event." I followed his p advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ;...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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