 | 1821 - 394 pagini
...However, I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me) , and avow to you, that till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...not this last plea, I see no reason why you should not continne as long as it is agreeable to yourself, and to all such as have any curiosity or judgment... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pagini
...However, I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...yourself, and to all such as have any curiosity or judgment in the subjects you choose to treat. By the way let me tell you (while it is fresh) that Lord... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1820 - 492 pagini
...till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, 1 will write, because 1 like it; and because 1 like myself better when I do so. If I do not write...yourself, and to all such as have any curiosity or judgment in the subjects you choose to treat. By the way; let me tell you (while it is fresh) that... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pagini
...Waipole, he expresses himself thus : " I will be candid, and avow to you, that till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." On the subject of Mr. Gray's political opinions, fragment on the Alliance between good Government and... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pagini
...However, I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...do not write much, it is because I cannot. As you • See Letter LV1. Sect, IV. have not this last plea, I see no reason why you should not continue... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1836 - 336 pagini
...However, I will be candid, (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that till fourscore- and-ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...yourself, and to all such as have any curiosity or judgment in the subject you choose to treat. By the way let me tell you (while it is fresh) that Lord... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pagini
...However, I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that, till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." Works, voL iv. p. 111.—E. 1 " I found him close with Swift."—" Indeed?"—" No doubt," Cries prating... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pagini
...seem to be so with me), and now to you, that, till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes ne, I will write, because I like it ; and because I like myself better •hen I do so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." Works, roLiv. p. ill.— E. ' " I... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 580 pagini
...However, I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that, till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." Works, vol. iv. p. 111.—E. b " I found him elose with Swift."—" Indeed ?"—" No doubt," d His... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1842 - 580 pagini
...However, I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that, till fourscore and ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because...so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." Works, vol. iv. p. 111. — E. b " I found him close with Swift."—" Indeed ?"— " No doubt," Cries... | |
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I will be candid (for you seem to be so with me), and avow to you, that till fourscore-and-ten, whenever the humour takes me, I will write, because I like it ; and because I like myself better when I do so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot. 
