 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind ob" fervations on thofe pafTagcs, and then read " them to him as altered. I have known him " much longer than you have, and will be " anfwerable for the event.' I followed his " advice ; waited on Lord Halifax fome time " after ; faid,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind ob" fervations on thofe paflages, and then read " them to him as altered. I have known him " much longer than you have, and will be " anfwerable for the event.' I followed his " advice ; waited on Lord Halifax fome time " after ; faid,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind obfer" vations on thofe paffages, and then read them to him " as altered. I have known him much longer than " you have, and will be anfwcrable for the event.' " I followed his advice; waited on Lord Halifax forne * * time after; faid,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind obfer" vations on thofe paflages, and then read them to him " as altered. I have known him much longer than " you have, and will be anfwerable for the event/ " I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax fome " time after ; faid,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind obfer" vations on thofe palFages, and then read them to him " as altered. I have known him much longer than, " you have, and will be anfvvcrable for the event/ " I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax fome " time after; faid,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 444 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind obfervations on thofe paffages, and then read them to him, as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be anfwerable for the event." I followed his advice, waited on Lord Halifax fome time after ; faid, I... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...month* hence, thank him for his kind obfervations on thofe paffages, and then read them to him, as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be anfwerable for the event." I followed his advice, waited on Lord Halifax fome time after ; faid, I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...kind observations on those pas" sages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him mud " longer than you have, and will be answerable for the..."read them to him " exactly as they were at first; and his Lordship was extremely pleased " with »hem, and cried out, 'Ay, now they are perfectly right... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those pas" sages, 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... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1808 - 730 pages
...months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read then» to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event." Pope followed this advice, and his lordship at the second reading was extremely pleased with the lines,... | |
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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... 
