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" That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example... "
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected ... - Page 537
1797 - 1120 pages
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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...else appear so moan, so poar, "Verse will sot in 1'rcsc ; but still pcrsiil to rcaii, " And Homer will be all the books you need." That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is hard B> say, whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 312 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, verse will seem prose : but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.' That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favonr me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1

Homerus - 1822 - 320 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose: but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need." That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem Prose: but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the Books you need. That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem Prose : but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the Books you need. That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 81

British poets - 1822 - 304 pages
...books you need/ That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example. That such a genins as my Lord Bolinghroke, not more distinguished in the...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...Books you need. That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example. That such a Genius as my Lord Bolingbroke, not more distinguished in the...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 7

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 518 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose ; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to * In the former editions it was, " tlie finest praise he ever received;" and the two last...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...else appear so mean, so poor, " VerĀ«e will seem Prose; but still persist to read, " And Homer will hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told roe that thi first to favour me, of whom it is hard to say, whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...obligations : "The Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is Jiard to say, whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example." But the most unequivocal tribute paid by Pope to the memory of Lord Halifax,...
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