 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 pages
...obligations : " 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." But the most unequivocal tribute paid by Pope to the memory of Lord Halifax,... | |
 | Homer - 1825 - 298 pages
...else appear so mcan, so poor, ' Verse will seem Proso : hut still persist to read. i And Homer will he 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem pi ose: 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse \vill seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer H ill rk of vengeance on the sable deep ; To warn the thoughtless self-co first to favour me, of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...Pope writes, — ' the earl of Halifax was one of the first to favor me ; of whom it is hard to say, whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example.' Roscoe, on the other hand, doubts the authenticity of the whole story :... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...hoeks you need: That the earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is hard to say 4o more my sons shall dye with British blood :ii'il Iber's san generosity or his example : that such a genius as mv ]eni Bolinghroke, not more distinguished in the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...book» 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... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1840 - 446 pages
...elsewhere, he observes, "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." Thus setting Pope against Pope, we fiad the balance largely in favour of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 pages
...you need. fBut 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... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 pages
...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 ' J hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more... | |
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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... 
