 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 Seiten
...either him or Pope. " Nov. 2, 1713, Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house, and had a bow from everybody but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the antechamber to wait, before prayers,.Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 228 Seiten
...promoting the subscription there remains the testimony of Kennet, no friend to either him or Pope. before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best Poet in England was Mr. Pope... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 Seiten
...under date Nov. 2, 1713, there occurs the following entry : — When I came to the queen's ante-chamber to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal Man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. He instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist),... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 418 Seiten
...into the coffee-house and had a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the antechamber [at Court] to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond, to get a place for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 Seiten
...from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him 6. When I came to the ante-chamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. — Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best Poet in England was Mr. Pope... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, Thomas H. Dickinson - 1908 - 508 Seiten
...the coffee- 25 house and had a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the antechamber [at Court] to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak ;o his brother, the Duke of Ormond, to get a place for... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 Seiten
...coffee-house and had a bow from everybody but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came into the antichamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift...the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 422 Seiten
...his Diary for November 2, 1713 : " Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house and had a bow from everybody but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came into the antichamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 Seiten
...Swift came into the coffee-house, and had a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the antechamber to wait before prayers Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as Minister of Requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1911 - 460 Seiten
...SWIFT came into the coffee-house, and had a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the ante-chamber to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and 1 Taken from Swift's account-book (Forster Collection, No. 509). a It is evident from the allusions... | |
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Nov. 2, 1713, Dr. Swift came into the coffeehouse, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. 
