I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Página 123por Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1896 - 368 páginas
...Swift, dated Dawley, June 28, 1728, in which he says, "I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds ; not in admiration of what you say, but for fear... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 384 páginas
...least pleasing. In one of his letters to Swift he says: " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks ; but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear... | |
| Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1906 - 316 páginas
...deceived. In one of Pope's letters we find this passage : " I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks, but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear... | |
| Mabel Duckitt - 1913 - 488 páginas
...farming friend, and the Dunciad Dawley, 28 June, 1728. I NOW hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks, but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you, say, but for fear... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1913 - 522 páginas
...[Elwin.} ALEXANDER POPE TO SWIFT Dawley,/««« 28, 1728. I NOW hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter ' between two haycocks, but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear... | |
| Claude Moore Fuess - 1914 - 136 páginas
...Alexander Pope to Dean Swift DAWLKY : June 28, 1728. I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, 10 who is reading your letter between two haycocks, but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear... | |
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