Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... she had to do with a groom , would expect a mark of his kindness from him , tho ' it were but his curry - comb . But you and I will dispute this matter when I am fo happy as to fee you here ; and perhaps ' tis the only dispute in which ...
... she had to do with a groom , would expect a mark of his kindness from him , tho ' it were but his curry - comb . But you and I will dispute this matter when I am fo happy as to fee you here ; and perhaps ' tis the only dispute in which ...
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... she brings . At the fixth , Like tracts of leverets || in morning fnow . Now I fancy , that to preferve an exact Harmony and Variety , the Paufe at the 4th or 6th fhou'd not be continu'd above three lines together , without the ...
... she brings . At the fixth , Like tracts of leverets || in morning fnow . Now I fancy , that to preferve an exact Harmony and Variety , the Paufe at the 4th or 6th fhou'd not be continu'd above three lines together , without the ...
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... she makes there . She went thither on the 25th with that mixture of expectation and anxiety , with which people usually go into un- known or half difcover'd countries , utterly ignorant of the dif pofitions of the inhabitants , and the ...
... she makes there . She went thither on the 25th with that mixture of expectation and anxiety , with which people usually go into un- known or half difcover'd countries , utterly ignorant of the dif pofitions of the inhabitants , and the ...
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... she shou'd not be fo much as fufpected . As to the wonderful difcoveries , and all the good news you are pleas'd to tell me of my self ; I treat it , as you who are in the fecret treat common news , as ground lefs reports of things at a ...
... she shou'd not be fo much as fufpected . As to the wonderful difcoveries , and all the good news you are pleas'd to tell me of my self ; I treat it , as you who are in the fecret treat common news , as ground lefs reports of things at a ...
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... she makes us lofe , as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence ; I defpife from my heart : whoever parts with the first , and I pity from my foul whoever quits the latter . I am griev'd at Mr. G * ' s condition ...
... she makes us lofe , as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence ; I defpife from my heart : whoever parts with the first , and I pity from my foul whoever quits the latter . I am griev'd at Mr. G * ' s condition ...
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Seite 262 - ... with agreeable hopes ; or melancholy with dejection, contemplative of the changes of fortune, and doubtful for the future: Whether returned a triumphant Whig, or a desponding Tory, equally all hail!
Seite 323 - I now lodge with) he has too much Wit, as well as Courage, to make a solid General; and if he escapes being banished by others, I fear he will banish himself.
Seite 266 - It was but this very morning that he had obtained her parents' consent, and it was but till the next week that they were to wait to be happy. Perhaps...
Seite 203 - ... the common kinds, as cherries, apricots, peaches, &c. they produce oranges, limes, almonds, pomegranates, figs, water-melons, and many other fruits unknown to our climates, which lie every where open to the paflenger.
Seite 307 - Lordfhip : you, while your imagination is carrying you through every corner of the world, where you have or have not been, can at the fame time remember to do offices of favour and kindnefs to the meaneft of your friends ; and...
Seite 142 - ... tone) that it was eleven at night. All this was no ill preparation to the life I have led since, among those old...
Seite 204 - The inhabitants of this delicious isle, as they are without riches and honours, so are they without the vices and follies that attend them ; and were they but as much...
Seite 101 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Seite 142 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. I conformed...
Seite 329 - Your notions of friendship are new to me : I believe every man is born with his quantum ; and he cannot give to one without robbing another.