Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... Admirers , ( who the more fhe feeks , or labours for their liking , are but more her contemners . ) Nevertheless , fhe is refolv'd henceforth to be fo cautious as to appear very little more in the World , except it be as an attendant on ...
... Admirers , ( who the more fhe feeks , or labours for their liking , are but more her contemners . ) Nevertheless , fhe is refolv'd henceforth to be fo cautious as to appear very little more in the World , except it be as an attendant on ...
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... Admirers , which will be fome Credit to my Judgment as well as your Wit , who always thought you had a great deal , and am Your , & c . Extract from two Letters of Mr. WYCHERLEY of May 18 , and of July 28 , 1708 . HAVE made a damn'd ...
... Admirers , which will be fome Credit to my Judgment as well as your Wit , who always thought you had a great deal , and am Your , & c . Extract from two Letters of Mr. WYCHERLEY of May 18 , and of July 28 , 1708 . HAVE made a damn'd ...
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... Admirers , when paft the Hopes of pleafing the World herself . I Mr. WYCHERLEY to Mr. POPE . May , 17 , 1709 . MUST thank you for a Book of your Mifcellanies , which Tonfon fent me , I fuppofe by your Order ; and all I can tell you of ...
... Admirers , when paft the Hopes of pleafing the World herself . I Mr. WYCHERLEY to Mr. POPE . May , 17 , 1709 . MUST thank you for a Book of your Mifcellanies , which Tonfon fent me , I fuppofe by your Order ; and all I can tell you of ...
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... admirers than Aminta ; but I will venture to fay , there is a great deal of difference betwen the admirers of one and the other . Corifca , which is a Character generally admir'd by the ordinary judges , is intolerable in a Paftoral ...
... admirers than Aminta ; but I will venture to fay , there is a great deal of difference betwen the admirers of one and the other . Corifca , which is a Character generally admir'd by the ordinary judges , is intolerable in a Paftoral ...
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... admirers of Ovid and Lucan , and when they write themselves , we find out all the Mystery . They fcan their Verses upon their Fingers ; run after Conceits and glaring Thoughts ; their Poems are all made up of Couplets , of which the ...
... admirers of Ovid and Lucan , and when they write themselves , we find out all the Mystery . They fcan their Verses upon their Fingers ; run after Conceits and glaring Thoughts ; their Poems are all made up of Couplets , of which the ...
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Seite 194 - L. walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the King, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain all alone under the garden wall.
Seite 106 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Seite 65 - People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.
Seite 107 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Seite 197 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary, to be as mere a book-worm as any there. I...
Seite 113 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...
Seite 194 - As soon as they can wipe off the sweat of the day, they must simper an hour, and catch cold, in the princess's apartment : from thence (as Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
Seite 73 - Niceties, which, tho' not much obferved even by eon-eft verfifiers, I cannot but think, deferve to be better regarded. i . It is not enough that nothing offends the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the thing he treats of.
Seite 67 - A mutual commerce makes Poetry flourish; but then Poets like Merchants, shou'd repay with something of their own what they take from others; not like Pyrates, make prize of all they meet.
Seite 79 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit, but his own. Such late was Walsh — the Muse's judge and friend, Who justly knew to blame or to commend; To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart.