 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pages
...In the Preface to the Iliad, published in June, 1715, he wrote of Halifax : — ' It is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example.' Warton, iv. 408. ' Halifax subscribed for ten sets of the Iliad, at six... | |
 | Homer - 1909 - 630 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... | |
 | Willard Higley Durham - 1915 - 504 pages
...another Book. 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... | |
 | Willard Higley Durham - 1915 - 502 pages
...another Book. 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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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... 
