...proportion are not broken ; he will say as much to you in one page, as I have said in three. Bid him talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest ; it is a fine one ; and will be, in his hands, an original.* His sole complaint is, that he...

...Bolingbroke writes thus to Swift: " Bid Pope talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest; it is a fine one, and will be, in his hands, an original." Pope tells the dean, in his next letter, what this work was. " The work Lord Bolingbroke speaks of...

...of his friend, set to work upon the ' Essay on Man.' Bolingbroke writes thus to Swift : " Bid Pope talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest ; it is a fine one, and will be, in his hands, an original." Pope tells the dean, in his next...

...of his friend, set to work upon the ' Essay on Man.' Bolingbroke writes thus to Swift : " Bid Pope talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest ; it is a fine one, and will be, in his hands, an original." Pope tells the dean, in his next...

...assistance of his friend, set to work upon the ' Essay on Man.' Bolingbroke writes thus to Swift: "Bid Pope talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest; it is a fine one, and, will be, in his hands, an original." Pope tells the dean, in his next...

...of his friend, set to work upon the ' Essay on Man.' Bolingbroke writes thus to Swift : " Bid Pope talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest ; it is a fine one, and, will be, in his hands, an original." Pope tells the dean, in his next...

...Bolingbroke writes thus to Swift: "Bid Pope talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest ; it is a fine one, and, will be, in his hands, an original." Pope tells the dean, in his next letter, what this work was. " The work Lord Bolingbroke speaks of...

...proportion are not broken; he will say as much to you in one page as I have said in three. Bid him talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest; it is a fine one, and will be in his hands an original.t His sole complaint is, that he finds...

...November in that year 5. " Bid him (Pope) talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest. It is a fine one, and will be, in his hands, an ORIGINAL. His sole complaint is, that he finds it too easy in the execution. This flatters his laziness ; it flatters...

...proportion are not broken; he will say as much to you .in one page, as I have said in three. Bid him talk to you of the work he is about, I hope in good earnest ; it is a fine one ; and will be, in his hands, an original 3. His sole complaint is, that...