Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... fear , but Forgery . Any Bookfeller , tho ' confcious in what manner they were obtain'd , not caring what may be the confequences to your Fame or Quiet , will fell and difperfe them in town and country . The better your Reputation is ...
... fear , but Forgery . Any Bookfeller , tho ' confcious in what manner they were obtain'd , not caring what may be the confequences to your Fame or Quiet , will fell and difperfe them in town and country . The better your Reputation is ...
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... fear fome body might be foolish enough to imagine them so , and inquifitive enough to discover those faults which ( I by your help ) would correct . I therefore beg the favour of you to let them go no farther than your chamber , and to ...
... fear fome body might be foolish enough to imagine them so , and inquifitive enough to discover those faults which ( I by your help ) would correct . I therefore beg the favour of you to let them go no farther than your chamber , and to ...
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... fear was as troublesome a companion to you as I have sometimes been in the fame place where if ever you found any pleasure in my compa- ny , it must surely have been that which moft men take in obfer¬ ving the faults and follies of ...
... fear was as troublesome a companion to you as I have sometimes been in the fame place where if ever you found any pleasure in my compa- ny , it must surely have been that which moft men take in obfer¬ ving the faults and follies of ...
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... fears , you are often , if not always , in the wrong . One of your objections , namely on that paffage , The reft , revolving years shall ripen into fate , 61 may be well grounded , in relation to its not being the exact sense of the ...
... fears , you are often , if not always , in the wrong . One of your objections , namely on that paffage , The reft , revolving years shall ripen into fate , 61 may be well grounded , in relation to its not being the exact sense of the ...
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... fears you so juftly guess I had for our friend's welfare . ' Tis extreamly kind in you to tell me the news you heard of ... fear may have had some effect upon him . If fo , he will have a greater punishment for his credulity than I could ...
... fears you so juftly guess I had for our friend's welfare . ' Tis extreamly kind in you to tell me the news you heard of ... fear may have had some effect upon him . If fo , he will have a greater punishment for his credulity than I could ...
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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.