The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Band 6B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 Seiten |
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... faid of Horace by so many critics , ancient and modern , perhaps no words can describe him fo exactly and juftly as the following of Tully , spoken on another fubject ( Lib . 1. de Oratore ) : " Accedit lepos quidam , facetiæque , et ...
... faid of Horace by so many critics , ancient and modern , perhaps no words can describe him fo exactly and juftly as the following of Tully , spoken on another fubject ( Lib . 1. de Oratore ) : " Accedit lepos quidam , facetiæque , et ...
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... faid to Craggs and Child , Who prais'd my Modefty , and fmil'd . Give me , I cry'd , ( enough for me ) . My Bread , and Independency ! So bought an Annual Rent or two , And liv'd - juft as you fee I do ; Near fifty , and without a Wife ...
... faid to Craggs and Child , Who prais'd my Modefty , and fmil'd . Give me , I cry'd , ( enough for me ) . My Bread , and Independency ! So bought an Annual Rent or two , And liv'd - juft as you fee I do ; Near fifty , and without a Wife ...
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... faid , " Swift , I am up ; there is a cat . " Boling- broke was difgufted with this levity , and went again into his own carriage . This was with a witness . " Nugari et discinci ludere " Frigidus a Roftris manat per compita rumor ...
... faid , " Swift , I am up ; there is a cat . " Boling- broke was difgufted with this levity , and went again into his own carriage . This was with a witness . " Nugari et discinci ludere " Frigidus a Roftris manat per compita rumor ...
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... faid , but from the Hall Rush Chaplain , Butler , Dogs and all : " A Rat ! a Rat ! clap to the door ” — The Cat comes bouncing on the floor . O for the heart of Homer's Mice , Or Gods to fave them in a trice ! ( It was by Providence ...
... faid , but from the Hall Rush Chaplain , Butler , Dogs and all : " A Rat ! a Rat ! clap to the door ” — The Cat comes bouncing on the floor . O for the heart of Homer's Mice , Or Gods to fave them in a trice ! ( It was by Providence ...
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... faid to have been in love with Jacob Hall , the famous rope - dancer , and she gave him a falary . In these lines Pope alludes to this connection . Difpenfare velis , ac non fugienda petendis Inmifcere . Tuo Sat. II . 45 OF HORACE .
... faid to have been in love with Jacob Hall , the famous rope - dancer , and she gave him a falary . In these lines Pope alludes to this connection . Difpenfare velis , ac non fugienda petendis Inmifcere . Tuo Sat. II . 45 OF HORACE .
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Seite 271 - FOR THE MACHINES. Take of Deities, male and female, as many as you can use. Separate them into two equal parts, and keep Jupiter in the middle. Let Juno put him in a ferment, and Venus mollify him. Remember, on all occasions, to make use of volatile Mercury.
Seite 13 - I'VE often wish'd that I had clear For life six hundred pounds a year, A handsome house to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood Of land set out to plant a wood. Well, now I have all this, and more, I ask not to increase my store ; But here a grievance seems to lie, All this is mine but till I die; I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, To me and to my heirs for ever.
Seite 388 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Seite 33 - tis mighty rude To eat so much— but all's so good. I have a thousand thanks to give — My lord alone knows how to live.
Seite 17 - Not thinking it is levee-day, And find his honour in a pound, Hemm'd by a triple circle round, Chequer'd with ribbons blue and green: How should I thrust myself between?
Seite 322 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Seite 206 - But all that lies between these, as corn, flower, fruits, animals, and things for the mere use of man, are of mean price, and so common as not to be greatly esteemed by the curious. It being certain that any thing, of which we know the true use, cannot be invaluable ; which affords a...
Seite 145 - In every jack there is a meat-roasting quality, which neither resides in the fly, nor in the weight, nor in any particular wheel of the jack, but is the result of the whole composition...
Seite 412 - Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
Seite 17 - To-morrow my appeal comes on ; Without your help the cause is gone.' — ' The duke expects my lord and you, About some great affair, at two. ' — ' Put my Lord Bolingbroke in mind, To get my warrant quickly sign'd : Consider tis my first request.