Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... should fend any letters of his for the prefs . It is as notorious what methods were taken to procure them , even from the Publisher's own accounts in his prefaces , viz . by transacting with people in neceflities , of abandon'd a ...
... should fend any letters of his for the prefs . It is as notorious what methods were taken to procure them , even from the Publisher's own accounts in his prefaces , viz . by transacting with people in neceflities , of abandon'd a ...
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... should be witness to them . Had he fate down with a defign to draw his own Picture , he could not have done it fo truly ; for whoever fits for it ( whether to himself or another ) will inevitably find the features more compos'd , than ...
... should be witness to them . Had he fate down with a defign to draw his own Picture , he could not have done it fo truly ; for whoever fits for it ( whether to himself or another ) will inevitably find the features more compos'd , than ...
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... should be esteemed any otherwise , than as we value fruits for being early , which nevertheless are the most insipid , and the worst of the year . In a word , I must blame you for treating me with fo much compliment , which is at beft ...
... should be esteemed any otherwise , than as we value fruits for being early , which nevertheless are the most insipid , and the worst of the year . In a word , I must blame you for treating me with fo much compliment , which is at beft ...
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... Should believe my felf happy in your good opinion , but that you treat me fo much in a ftyle of compliment . It has been obferved of women , that they are more subject in their youth to be touched with vanity , than men , on account of ...
... Should believe my felf happy in your good opinion , but that you treat me fo much in a ftyle of compliment . It has been obferved of women , that they are more subject in their youth to be touched with vanity , than men , on account of ...
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... should take your papers out of my hands in- to your own ; and that no alterations may be made but when both of us are present ; when you may be satisfied with every blot , as well as every addition , and nothing be put upon the pa- pers ...
... should take your papers out of my hands in- to your own ; and that no alterations may be made but when both of us are present ; when you may be satisfied with every blot , as well as every addition , and nothing be put upon the pa- pers ...
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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.