 | 1824
...as an objection to his preferment, that ' because he had humour he was supposed to have dealt with Swift; in like manner as when any one had learning...formerly he was thought to have dealt with the devil.' After all, however, it must not be forgotten, that Gay had written the Beggar's Opera, and that the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824
...letter to Swift, alluding to Mrs. Howard, says : Gay puts his whole trust in that Lady whom 1 described to you, and whom you take to be an allegorical creature of fancy. And Gay thus expresses himself to Swift: " Mrs. Howard has declared herself very strongly, both to... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824
...letter to Swift, alluding to Mrs. Howard, says : Gay puts his whole trust in that Lady whom 1 described to you, and whom you take to be an allegorical creature of fancy. And Gay thus expresses himself to Swift : " Mrs. Howard has declared herself very strongly, both to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835
...as an objection to his preferment, that " because he had humour he was supposed to have dealt with Swift; in like manner as when any one had learning...formerly he was thought to have dealt with the devil." After all, however, it must not be forgotten, that Gay had written the Beggars " Opera, and that the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835
...as an objection to his preferment, that " because he had humour he was supposed to have dealt with Swift ; in like manner as when any one had learning...formerly he was thought to have dealt with the devil." After all, however, it must not be forgotten, that Gay had written the Beggars' Opera, and that the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847
...are by Whigs, and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift ; in like manner as when any one had learning...thought to have dealt with the devil. He puts his whole trust at court in that lady6 whom I described to you ; and whom you take to be an allegorical creature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847
...to Swift, alluding to Mrs. Howard, says : ' Gay puts his whole trust in that Lady whom I described to you, and whom you take to be an allegorical creature of fancy.' And Gay thus expresses himself to Swift : ' Mrs. Howard has declared herself very strongly, both to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 297 pagina’s
...by Whigs — and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift, in like manner as when any one had learning...formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the devil " Lord Bolingbroke had not the least harm by his fall ; I wish he had received no more by his other... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 297 pagina’s
...by Whigs — and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift, in like manner as when any one had learning...formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the devil " Lord Bolingbroke had not the least harm by his fall ; I wish he had received no more by his other... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 341 pagina’s
...by Whigs — and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift, in like manner as when any one had learning...formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the devil " Lord Bolingbroke had not the least harm by his fall ; I wish he had received no more by his other... | |
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Our friend Gay is used as the friends of Tories are by Whigs (and generally by Tories too). Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift; in like manner as when any one had learning formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the... 
