Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... be put to the blush , this way at least , for their par- tiality to him . But however this Collection may be receiv'd , we cannot but lament the Cause and the Neceffity of such a publication , and heartily with no honeft man PREFACE .
... be put to the blush , this way at least , for their par- tiality to him . But however this Collection may be receiv'd , we cannot but lament the Cause and the Neceffity of such a publication , and heartily with no honeft man PREFACE .
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Alexander Pope. such a publication , and heartily with no honeft man may be reduc'd to the fame . To ftate the cafe fairly in the present situation . A Bookfeller adver- tifes his intention to publish your Letters : He open- ly promises ...
Alexander Pope. such a publication , and heartily with no honeft man may be reduc'd to the fame . To ftate the cafe fairly in the present situation . A Bookfeller adver- tifes his intention to publish your Letters : He open- ly promises ...
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... heartily glad that all you say were as true apply'd to me , as it would be if apply'd to your felf , for feveral weighty reafons ; but for none fo much , as that I might be to you what you deserve ; whereas I can now be no more , than ...
... heartily glad that all you say were as true apply'd to me , as it would be if apply'd to your felf , for feveral weighty reafons ; but for none fo much , as that I might be to you what you deserve ; whereas I can now be no more , than ...
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... heartily merry , and thinks himself an unconcern'd fpectator , and which ( to our fingular comfort ) neither my Lord Chamberlain , nor the Queen her felf can ever shut up , or filence . Your , & c . G 2 LET- I LETTER XXV . October . 19 ...
... heartily merry , and thinks himself an unconcern'd fpectator , and which ( to our fingular comfort ) neither my Lord Chamberlain , nor the Queen her felf can ever shut up , or filence . Your , & c . G 2 LET- I LETTER XXV . October . 19 ...
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... heartily welcome to the best toping - table of our gentry , who can roar out fome rhapsodies of his works : fo that in the fame manner as it was faid of Homer to his detra- & tors , what ? dares any one speak against him who has made fo ...
... heartily welcome to the best toping - table of our gentry , who can roar out fome rhapsodies of his works : fo that in the fame manner as it was faid of Homer to his detra- & tors , what ? dares any one speak against him who has made fo ...
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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.