 | 1903 - 434 стор.
...St. Mary Hall, Oxford, but who may be best, perhaps, described as the Dr. William King ' who could write verses in a tavern three hours after he could not speak.' He had long been a prominent figure among wits and humorists. His most important recent performances... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 428 стор.
...translate a whole ode in half this time. I 'll say that for Oldsworth [though I lost by his Timothy's], he translates an ode of Horace the quickest of any...tavern, three hours after he could not speak : and there is Sir Richard, in that rumbling old chariot of his, between Fleet Ditch and St. Giles's Pound,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 стор.
...three barrels of beer in Three Cony Walk.' King's Remains, p. 164. 4 ' I remember,' writes Pope, ' Dr. King would write verses in a tavern three hours after he could not speak.' Pope's Works (E. & C.), x. 207. * King's Remains, p. 166. 6 Hearne recorded a few days after King's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 стор.
...According to Pope Lintot exclaimed :— ' I'll say that for Oldisworth (though 1 lost by his Timothy's), he translates an ode of Horace the quickest of any man in England.' Pope's Works (Elwin and Courthope), x. 207. 'His Timothy's ' was A Dialogue between Timothy and Philatheus,... | |
 | John Gay - 1711 - 86 стор.
...St. Mary Hall, Oxford, but who may be best, perhaps, described as the Dr. William King ' who could write verses in a tavern three hours after he could not speak.' He had long been a prominent figure among wits and humorists. His most important recent performances... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1909 - 384 стор.
...translate a whole Ode in half this' time. I'll say that for Oldisworth (though I lost by his Timothy's) he translates an Ode of Horace the quickest of any...Richard, in that rumbling old chariot of his, between Fleet-ditch and St. Giles's pound, shall make you half a Job." Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you... | |
 | 1910 - 598 стор.
...(1663-1712)* of whom Pope said, that in Dr. Kings's occasional moods of conviviality, he had known him to write verses in a tavern three hours after he could not speak, it is possible that these verses were produced in the third speechless hour. The verses, both the Latin... | |
 | 1911 - 274 стор.
...(1663-1712)* of whom Pope said, that in Dr. Kings's occasional moods of conviviality, he had known him to write verses in a tavern three hours after he could not speak, it is possible that these verses were produced in the third speechless hour. The verses, both the Latin... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1917 - 648 стор.
...translate a whole ode in half this time. I'll say that for Oldsworth (though I lost by his Timothy's), he translates an ode of Horace the quickest of any...tavern three hours after he could not speak : and there is Sir Richard, in that rumbling old chariot of his, between Fleet-ditch and St. Giles's pound,... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 654 стор.
...ramble round Wimbleton-hill, would translate a whole ode in half this time. I'll say that for Oldsworth, he translates an ode of Horace the quickest of any man in England.' E. IMPLICIT ALLUSION TO HORACE. 1. Poetry. January and May. (1. 137) 353. Meantime the vig'rous dancers... | |
| |
I thought you had done seven stanzas. Oldsworth, in a ramble round Wimbledon Hill, would translate a whole ode in half this time. I'll say that for Oldsworth [though I lost by his Timothy's], he translates an ode of Horace the quickest of any man in England.... 
