Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... easy and flowing , in defcribing a rough torrent or deluge fonorous and swelling , and fo of the reft . This is evident every where in Homer and Virgil , and no where else that I know of , to any obfervable degree . The following ...
... easy and flowing , in defcribing a rough torrent or deluge fonorous and swelling , and fo of the reft . This is evident every where in Homer and Virgil , and no where else that I know of , to any obfervable degree . The following ...
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... easy to ex- press what an exaltation it gave to my spirits , above all the cordials of my doctor ; and ' tis no compliment to tell you , that your com- pliments were sweeter than the sweetest of his juleps and fyrups . But if you will ...
... easy to ex- press what an exaltation it gave to my spirits , above all the cordials of my doctor ; and ' tis no compliment to tell you , that your com- pliments were sweeter than the sweetest of his juleps and fyrups . But if you will ...
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... easy , by intervals , for the present . He will be content to compound for his quiet only , and leave all the circumftantial part and pomp of life to thofe , who have a health vigorous enough to enjoy all the mistresses of their defires ...
... easy , by intervals , for the present . He will be content to compound for his quiet only , and leave all the circumftantial part and pomp of life to thofe , who have a health vigorous enough to enjoy all the mistresses of their defires ...
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... easy , which is in the company of a friend like your felf . As the fooling and toying with a mistress is a proof of fond- nefs not difrefpect , fo is raillery with a friend . I know there are Prudes in friendship who expect distance ...
... easy , which is in the company of a friend like your felf . As the fooling and toying with a mistress is a proof of fond- nefs not difrefpect , fo is raillery with a friend . I know there are Prudes in friendship who expect distance ...
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... easy it is to a caviller to give a new sense , or a new nonsense to any thing . And indeed his conftructions are not more wrefted from the ge- nuine meaning , than theirs who objected to the heterodox parts , as they call'd ' em . Our ...
... easy it is to a caviller to give a new sense , or a new nonsense to any thing . And indeed his conftructions are not more wrefted from the ge- nuine meaning , than theirs who objected to the heterodox parts , as they call'd ' em . Our ...
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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.