 | Bombay city, univ - 1880 - 754 Seiten
...6. Annotate the following, and show how they throw light 10 upon the lives of Swift or Pope :— (a) Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. (b) A IK! by mentioning with some indignation the inscription on the Monument.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 Seiten
...Sir William Temple." — Ibid. 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... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 Seiten
...1713, " 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 Oi•mond... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 Seiten
...family." — S.to S. Sept. 1710. 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 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... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 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 acted as Minister of Requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond,... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 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 acted as Minister of Requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 Seiten
...into the coffeehouse 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 1°3), to get a place... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 Seiten
...William Temple." — Ibid. a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the ante, chamber [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... | |
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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. 
