 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...  The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montaguавторы: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Страниц: 416Просмотр фрагмента - Подробнее о книге
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Страниц: 510
...and dress amuse them highly ; but there is such an air of form and stiffness amidst this grapdeur, as hinders it from pleasing me at long run, however...Addison's being declared secretary of state with the less surprize, in that I knew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Страниц: 512
...and dress amuse them highly; but there is such an air of form and stiffness amidst this gra»deur, as hinders it from pleasing me at long run, however...Addison's being declared secretary of state with the less surprize, in that I knew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Страниц: 510
...quite another character and complexion ; with them pleasure appears in more engaging forms, and tlieir persons, manners, conversation and amusements are...Addison's being declared secretary of state with the less surprize, in that I knew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Страниц: 692
...other remarks, pretty freely expressed, her opinion of his translation. " I received," says she, " 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - Страниц: 694
...other remarks, pretty freely expressed, her opinion of his translation. " I received," says she, " 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... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Страниц: 446
...seem to be one of their chief pleasures, joined with their retinue of female slaves, whose musick, dancing and dress amuse them highly ; — but there...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... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Страниц: 466
...joined with their retinue of female slaves, whose musick, dancing and dress amuse them highly;—but there is such an air of form and stiffness amidst...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - Страниц: 698
...letter to Pope, written from the East, after this period, says, " I received the news of Addison's beiug declared Secretary of State with the less surprise,...At that time he declined 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - Страниц: 546
...other remarks, pretty freely expressed, her opinion of his translation. " I received," says she, " 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Страниц: 332
...which her father had purchased, and died, unmarried, at an advanced age. She was of weak intellect. "I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared...Secretary of State with the less surprise, in that 1 knew that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it, and I really believe... | |
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