 | 1801 - 506 Seiten
...my o«n: fo that it is not impollible but ere the dimmer be pafs'd, I may come down to you .with n volume in my hand, like a dog out of the water, with...a duck, in his mouth. — As for the rarities you promifr, if beggars might be rhoofcrb, a part of a chine of honed b:icon woti'd pleafe my appetite... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 418 Seiten
...besides them to add somewhat of my own : so that it is not impossible, but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like...might be choosers, a part of a chine of honest bacon would please my appetite more than all the marrow puddings ; for I like them better plain ; having... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...besides them to add somewhat of my own : so that it is not impossible, but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like a dog out of the water, with a duck in his mouth.—As for the rarities you promise, if beggars might be choosers, a part of a chine of honest... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 Seiten
...Ovid, and sometimes with our old English poet Chaucer : translating such stories as best please mv fancy .: and intend, besides them, to add somewhat...might be choosers, a part of a chine of honest bacon wouM please my appetite more than all the marrow puddings ; for I like them better plain, having a... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 Seiten
...hut ere the summer he pass'd, I may come down to you with a volume ,n my hand, like a dog out oftl,o water, with a duck in his mouth. As for the rarities you promise, if heggars might he choosers, a part of a chine of honest hacon wou'd please my appetite more than all... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 Seiten
...besides them, to add somewhat of my own ; so that it is not impossible, but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like...might be choosers, a part of a chine of honest bacon would please my appetite more than all the marrow puddings; for I like them better plain; having a... | |
 | John Dryden - 1850 - 318 Seiten
...besides them, to add somewhat of my own, so that it is not impossible but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like...might be choosers, a part of a chine of honest bacon would please my appetite more than all the marrow puddings ; for I like them better plain, having a... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 658 Seiten
...intend besides them to add some of my own, so that it is not impossible, but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like...a dog out of the water with a duck in his mouth." All readers of his life will rejoice to find that if formerly what Mr. Hallam calls Dryden's " coarseness... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 Seiten
...impossihle, hut era the summer he pass'd, I may come down to you wkh a volume in my hand, like a dog hut of the water, with a duck in his mouth. As for the rarities you promise, if heggars might he choosers, a part of a chine of honest hacon wou'd please my appetite more than all... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 Seiten
...besides them, to add somewhat of my own ; so that it is not impossible, but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like a dog out of the water7~with a duck in his mouth." A later letter of March 4, 1699, to the same lady, contains the following.... | |
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... drudging on ; always a poet, and never a good one. I pass my time sometimes with Ovid, and sometimes with our old English poet Chaucer; translating such stories as best please my fancy ; and intend, besides them, to add somewhat of my own ; so that... 
