 | Alexander Pope - 1824
...the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions ; but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is, to vex the world, rather than divert it; and if I could compass that design, without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 360 pagina’s
...— Slienstone. DCLXXXIX. " The chief end," says Swift, in a letter to Mr. Pope, "I propose to myself in all my labours, is to vex the world, rather than divert it; and, if I could compass that design, without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847
...the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions ; but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is, to vex the world, rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design, without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | 1900
...world. In a letter to Pope, quoted in the introduction, Swift says, " The chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it, and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | 1900
...world. In a letter to Pope, quoted ill the introduction, Swift says, "The chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it, and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851
...walking, and sleeping, take up eighteen of the twenty-four hours. The chief end I propose to myself, in all my labours, is to vex the world, rather than divert it. Drown the world ! I am not content with despising it, but I would anger it, if I could with safety."... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853
...to Pope, referring to the intended work, makes the following declaration: "The chief end I propose in all my labours is to vex the world, rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 297 pagina’s
...the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dissensions ; but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 309 pagina’s
...like the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dissensions; but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it; and if could I compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 297 pagina’s
...the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dissensions ; but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer... | |
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I like the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions, but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would... 
