 | 1853 - 528 lehte
...Pope had sipped up all the brandy. Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but jhe certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking spirits." Ambrose Pare* will have it that wine is a cure for many evils of our flesh, and so thought that most... | |
 | 1857 - 514 lehte
...Pope had sipped up all the brandy. Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking spirits." Ambrose Pare* will have it that wine is a cure for many evils of our flesh, and so thought that most... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - 488 lehte
...! It is somewhat singular that this same charge of dram drinking has been brought against the poet himself by Dr. King, in the late publication of" Anecdotes...much on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking spirits. — Editor. * That is the fault in Thomson's Seasons. — Addition from MS. been a very wild thing,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1861 - 660 lehte
...Pope had sipped up all the brandy. Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking spirits.— Dii. KING : Anecdotes, p. 12. perish by a javelin or a sword ; the slaughters of Cannae were revenged... | |
 | 1872 - 862 lehte
...(from whose statement, however, something may be deducted, as he was himself a total abstainer), " hastened his death by feeding much on highseasoned dishes and drinking spirits;" and, if we may credit the disagreeable assertion of Lord Bathurst in writing to Mrs. Howard, he made... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 532 lehte
...in the richest food, and stimulated his weak digestion by drams. " He certainly," says Dr. King, " hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking spirits." in return to your kindness ; and further, I know nobody has dealt with me so cruelly as you, the consequences... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1900 - 380 lehte
...Pope had sipped up all the brandy. Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes and drinking spirits. T ORD CHIEF-JUSTICE HOLT, who was very wild in his youth, was once out with some of his rakish companions... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1872 - 390 lehte
...Pope had sipped up all the brandy. Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes and drinking spirits. 124. T ORD CHIEF-JUSTICE HOLT, who was — ' very wild in his youth, was once out with some of his... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 lehte
...(from whose statement, however, something must be deducted, as he was himself a total abstainer), " hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes and drinking spirits ; " and if we may credit the disagreeable assertion of Lord Bathurst in writing to Mrs. Howard, " he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 lehte
...knew him, says, in his ' Anecdotes,' " Pope's form of body did not promise long life, but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking spirits." * His will was the source of some mortification to his relatives, and of much malignant scandal about... | |
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Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes and drinking spirits. 
