Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... . Wherefore you may be sure to be troubled with my letters , out of interest if not kindness ; fince mine to you will procure yours to me , fo that I write to you more for my own fake than yours ; lefs to make 26 LETTERS to and from.
... . Wherefore you may be sure to be troubled with my letters , out of interest if not kindness ; fince mine to you will procure yours to me , fo that I write to you more for my own fake than yours ; lefs to make 26 LETTERS to and from.
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... sure there never was a friendship of so easy a We neither of us demand any mighty things from each other ; what Vanity we have expects its gratification from other people . It is not I , that am to tell what an Artift you are , nor is ...
... sure there never was a friendship of so easy a We neither of us demand any mighty things from each other ; what Vanity we have expects its gratification from other people . It is not I , that am to tell what an Artift you are , nor is ...
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... Sure it is more mer- ciful to take from us after death all memory of what we lov'd or purfu'd here : for else what a torment would it be to a spirit , ftill to love those creatures it is quite divided from ? Unless we suppose , that in ...
... Sure it is more mer- ciful to take from us after death all memory of what we lov'd or purfu'd here : for else what a torment would it be to a spirit , ftill to love those creatures it is quite divided from ? Unless we suppose , that in ...
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... sure those are not to be broken , for the fake of any governors , or government . I am willing to hope the best , and what I more wish than my own or any particular man's advancement , is , that this turn may put an end entirely to the ...
... sure those are not to be broken , for the fake of any governors , or government . I am willing to hope the best , and what I more wish than my own or any particular man's advancement , is , that this turn may put an end entirely to the ...
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... sure you and I should no more make good Inquifitors to the modern tyrants in faith , than we could have been qualify'd for Lictors to Procruftes , when he converted refractory members with the rack . In a word , I can only repeat to you ...
... sure you and I should no more make good Inquifitors to the modern tyrants in faith , than we could have been qualify'd for Lictors to Procruftes , when he converted refractory members with the rack . In a word , I can only repeat to you ...
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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.