| John Dennis - 1899 - 294 páginas
...of his friends as if his humanity outlasted his understanding, Bolingbroke replied, ' " It has so! I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends or a more general friendship for mankind. I have known him these thirty years, and value myself more for... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 páginas
...and that 20 his humanity seemed to have survived his understanding, answered, It has so. And added, / never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends, of more general friendship for mankind. At another time he said, / have knmon Pope these thirty years,... | |
| E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 556 páginas
...last great friend. Pope died in 1744, and Bolingbroke testified his affection for him by saying, " I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a...particular friends or more general friendship for mankind." It has been acutely but truly said that " the history of Pope's writings is the history of his quarrels."... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 384 páginas
...if his humanity had outlived his understanding, Lord Bolingbroke said, ' It has so,' and then added, «I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends, or a more general friendship for mankind. I have known him these thirty years, and value myself more for... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 páginas
...and that his humanity seemed to have survived his understanding, answered, ' It has so.' And added, ' I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a...particular friends, or more general friendship for mankind V At another time he said, ' I have known Pope these thirty years, and value myself more in his friendship... | |
| Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 páginas
...his humanity seemed to have survived his understanding. " It has so," replied the statesman ; " and I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a...friends, or more general friendship for mankind." As the end drew near, Pope was asked whether a priest should not be called. He replied, " I do not... | |
| Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 páginas
...his humanity seemed to have survived his understanding. " It has so," replied the statesman ; " and I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a...friends, or more general friendship for mankind." As the end drew near, Pope was asked whether a priest should not be called. He replied, " I do not... | |
| John Dennis - 1906 - 286 páginas
...of his friends as if his humanity outlasted his understanding, Bolingbroke replied, ' " It has so ! I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends or a more general friendship for mankind. I have known him these thirty years, and value myself more for... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1906 - 198 páginas
...'s remarking how Pope with every rally was always saying something kindly of his friends, replied: "I never in my life knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends, or a more general friendship for mankind. I have known him these thirty years; and value myself more for... | |
| Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1906 - 316 páginas
...admiration. Each saw deeper. When Bolingbroke hung over the bedside of the dying poet, he said : " I never knew a man that had so tender a heart for his particular friends, or more genuine friendship for mankind. I have known Pope these thirty years, and value myself more in his... | |
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