 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 sivua
...pains with my poetry л VOL. IIL A a t> RY Ь fe N'á PÓÉMS. but nobody will be pérfuaded to täte the fame with his. If I had taken to the church (as...he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts) I fhould have had more fenfe, if not more grace, than to have turned myfelf out of my benefice by writing... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 sivua
...some pains with my poetry; but nobody will be persuaded to lake the same with Ins. If I had taken ce the church (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts) I should have bad more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice by writing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 sivua
...opinion of them. He has taken some pains with my poetry; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church, as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts, I should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice, by writing... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 sivua
...opinion of them. He has taken some pains with my poetry; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church, (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts,) I should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice, by writing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 sivua
...opinion of them. He has taken some pamj with my poetry ; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church, (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts) 1 should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice by writing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 sivua
...has taken some paiiu with my poetry ; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If 1 had taken to the church, (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts) 1 should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my bénéfice by... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 564 sivua
...perfuade him to continue his good offices, and write fuch another critique on any thing of mine : for I find by experience he has a great ftroke with the...he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts) I fhould have had more fenfe, if not more grace, than to have turned myfelf out of my benefice by writing... | |
 | 1816 - 752 sivua
...Q buake betake fo ; to have recourfe. — If I had taken to the CPUTP, ] fhould have had more fenie than to have turned myfelf out of my benefice by writing libels- Diydea- — The cnltow ftorks with Irzzard and with fn,ike Are fed ; ae foon as e'er to wing they take,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 sivua
...opinion of them. He has taken some pains with my poetry ; but nobody will presume to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church, (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts), I should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice, by writing... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 sivua
...opinion of them. He has taken some pains with my poetry ; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church, as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts, I should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice, by writing... | |
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He has taken some pains with my poetry ; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts), I should have had more sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself... 
