 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 strani
...and therefore somewhat adverse pen of Bishop Kennet : — " When I came to the antechamber (at Court) to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 strani
...him or Pope : — " Nov. 2, 1713, Dr. Swift came into the coffee-house, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess* could not but despise him. When I came to the <mti-ch».fi-4>er to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal m;;m of Mik and business and... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 strani
...came into the coffee-house, and had a how from every body but me. \\ he n I rsme to the aniicliamber to wait before prayers. Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and i ocled as a masier of requests. He wa* s iliciiing the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother the Duke... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1859 - 352 strani
...have the following notice in Bishop Kennet's Diary, November, 1713. "When I came to the antechamber to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal...and business, and acted as a master of requests he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 strani
...have the following notice in Bishop Kennet's Diary, November, 1713. "When I came to the antechamber to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal...and business, and acted as a master of requests he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a papist), who had begun a... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 784 strani
...partisan in the year 1713. " Dr. Swili came into the coffee-house, and had a bow from every body but me. When I came to the antichamber to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk ana business, and acted as a master of requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 strani
...Bishop Kennet, in his diary, writes : "When I came to the antechambers to wait before prayers, T)r. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as a master of requests. lie was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormonde, to get a chaplain's... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1854 - 622 strani
...and therefore somewhat adverse pen of Bishop Kennet:— ' When I came to the antechamber (at Court) to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests. He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond,... | |
 | 1882 - 462 strani
...1713, " came into the coffee-houso, 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 aa minister of requests. He was soliciting tha Earl of Arran to speak to his brother, the Duke of Ormond,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 strani
...into the coffee-house and had a bow from everybody but me. When I came to the antechamber [ai 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. 
