 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1890 - 358 pages
...with your secretary [Single-speech Hamilton] yesterday ; there were Garrick and a young Mr. Burke1 — who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...like Hamilton's little Marly ; we walked in the great all£e, and drank tea in the arbour of treillage ; they talked of Shakspeare and Booth, of Swift and... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1891 - 584 pages
...dined with your secretary [Single-speech Hamilton] yesterday; there were Garrick and a young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...like Hamilton's little Marly ; we walked in the great altte, and drank tea in the arbour of treillage ; they talked of Shakspeare and Booth, of Swift and... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1891 - 324 pages
...to George Montague: — ' I dined at Hamilton's yesterday ; there were Garrick, and young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...to be one. He will know better one of these days.' But great as were Burke's literary powers, and passionate as was his fondness for letters and for literary... | |
 | AUGUSTINE BIRRELL - 1891 - 350 pages
...Lord Hoi ingbroke, that was much admired. He is a sensible man, but has not worn off his anthorism yet, and thinks there is nothing so charming as writers,...to be one. He will know better one of these days.' But great as were Burke's literary powers, and passionate as was his fondness for letters and for literary... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 704 pages
...shall be admitted. I dined with your secretary yesterday ; there were Garrick and a young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...drank tea in the arbour of treillage : they talked of Shakespeare and Booth, of Swift and my Lord Bath, and I was thinking of Madam Se'vigne'. Good night... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1895 - 660 pages
...shall be admitted. I dined with your secretary yesterday ; there were Garrick and a young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...drank tea in the arbour of treillage : they talked of Shakespeare and Booth, of Swift and my Lord Bath, and I was thinking of Madam Sevignd Good night —... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1895 - 670 pages
...shall be admitted. I dined with your secretary yesterday ; there were Garrick and a young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...like Hamilton's little Marly ; we walked in the great allde and drank tea in the arbour of treillage : they talked of Shakespeare and Booth, of Swift and... | |
 | Henry MacArthur - American literature - 1897 - 314 pages
...having met, in 1761, ' a young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke, which is much admired. He is a sensible man, but has not worn...to be one. He will know better one of these days.' To the last, Burke retained a keen interest in the belleslettres, but he soon discovered that his true... | |
 | Thomas Brackett Reed - Fine books - 1900 - 470 pages
...letter to George Montague : " I dined at Hamilton's yesterday; there were Garrick, and young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke,...to be one. He will know better one of these days." But great as were Burke's literary powers, and passionate as was his fondness for letters and for literary... | |
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I dined with your secretary yesterday ; there were Garrick and a young Mr. Burke, who wrote a book in the style of Lord Bolingbroke, that was much admired.' He is a sensible man, but has not worn off his authorism yet, and thinks there is nothing so charming... 
