 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1796 - 468 páginas
...that tnne he declined it, and I really believe that lie would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that , and such a wife as the Countess,...seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatick, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both. It is well that... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 páginas
...and I really believe he would have done well to have declined it now : such a post :n that, and inch a wife as the countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that it asthmatic ; and we may see the day when he will be glad to resign them both.'1 Later from Constantinople,... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 324 páginas
...that time he declined it ; and I really believe, that he would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,...when he will be heartily glad to resign them both. It is well that he laid aside the voluminous Dictionary of which I have heard you or somebody else... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 páginas
...that time he declined it ; and I really believe, that he would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,...when he will be heartily glad to resign them both. It is well that he laid aside the voluminous Dictionary of which I have heard you or somebody else... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 páginas
...friends. I am, etc. clined it ; and I really believe he would have done well to have declined it now : such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,...asthmatic ; and we may see the day when he will be glad to resign them both. It is well that he laid aside the thoughts of the voluminous Dictionary,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 396 páginas
...friends. I am, etc. clined it ; and I really believe he would have done well to have declined it now : such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,...asthmatic ; and we may see the day when he will be glad to resign them both. It is well that he laid aside the thoughts of the voluminous Dictionary,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 392 páginas
...believe he would have done well to have declined it now : such a post as that, and such a wife as die Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic ; and we may sec the day when he will be glad to resign them both. It is well that he laid aside the thoughts of... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 páginas
...finally from those duties to which his health, his habits, and even his genius, M'ere alike unsuited. ' Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,' both together, must have been too much for AD DI so N . In the shades of privacy, his pen — which... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 páginas
...finally from those duties to which his health, his habits, and even his genius, were alike (insulted. ' Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,' both together, must have been too much for ADDISON. In the shades of privacy, his pen — which was... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 510 páginas
...that time he declined it, and I really believe that he would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess,...when he will be heartily glad to resign them both. It is well that he laid aside the thoughts of the voluminous dictionary, of which I have heard you... | |
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I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared secretary of state with the less surprise, in that I know that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe that he would have done well to have declined it... 
