| Thomas Gray - Poets, English - 1820 - 492 pages
...that they beg not only his indulgence, but the honour of his correspondence, &c. As I am not at all disposed to be either so indulgent, or so correspondent, as they desire, 1 have but one bad way left to escape the honour they would inflict upon me; and therefore am obliged... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...Country Churchyard. indulgence, but the honour of his correspondence, &c. As I am not at all disposed tp be either so indulgent, or so correspondent, as they...but one bad way left to escape the honour they would jnflict upon me ; and therefore am obliged to desire you would make Dodsley print it immediately (which... | |
| Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...to Horace Walpole, with special directions to that end. 'I have but one bad way left,' he writes, ' to escape the honour they would inflict upon me :...week's time) from your copy, but without my name.' It seems, he would have us think it a great infliction to be admired by the public. However, Walpule... | |
| Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...about to publish by his indulgence, and begging the honour of his correspondence : " As I am not at all disposed to be either so indulgent, or so correspondent, as they desire, I have but one way left to escape the honour they would inflict upon me ; and therefore am obliged to desire you would... | |
| Electronic journals - 1877 - 564 pages
...that they beg not only his indulgence, but the honour of his correspondence, S:c. As I am not at all disposed to be either so indulgent, or so correspondent,...left to escape the honour they would inflict upon me ; nnd therefore nm obliged to desire you would make Dodsley print it immediately (which may be done... | |
| Education - 1864 - 546 pages
...of bis correspondence, etc. As I am not at all disposed either to be so indulgent, or to correspond as they desire, I have but one bad way left to escape the honor they would inflict upon me, and therefore am obliged to desire you would make Dodsley print it... | |
| 1865 - 496 pages
...editor who vowed he would print it, writing of that piece of true literature to his friend Walpole, ' I have but one bad way left to escape the honour they...week's time) from your copy, but without my name.' Presently suggesting also, ' If he would add a line or two to say it came into bis hands by accident,... | |
| Great Britain - 1865 - 980 pages
...one bad way left to escape the honour they would inflict apon me, and therefore am obliged to debire you would make Dodsley print it immediately (which...be done in less than a week's time) from your copy, bat without my name.' Presently soggesting also, ' If be would add a line or two to say it came into... | |
| Henry Morley - 1867 - 456 pages
...who vowed that he would print it, writing of that piece of true literature to his friend Walpole, " I have but one bad way left to escape the honour they...week's time), from your copy, but without my name ;" presently suggesting also, " If he would add a line or two to say it came into his hands by accident,... | |
| Education - 1864 - 408 pages
...of his correspondence, etc. As I am not at all disposed either to be so indulgent, or to correspond as they desire, I have but one bad way left to escape the honor they would inflict upon me, and therefore am obliged to desire you would make Dodsley print it... | |
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