Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... late miscellany , which I told you of in my laft ; upon my word I made you no compli- ment , for you may be affur'd that all fort of readers like them , except they are writers too ; but for them , ( I must needs fay ) the more they ...
... late miscellany , which I told you of in my laft ; upon my word I made you no compli- ment , for you may be affur'd that all fort of readers like them , except they are writers too ; but for them , ( I must needs fay ) the more they ...
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... late with me : It is that beyond all my expectations , and far above my demerits , I have been moft mercifully repriev'd by the fove- reign power of Jacob Tonfon , from being brought forth to pub- lick punishment ; and refpited from ...
... late with me : It is that beyond all my expectations , and far above my demerits , I have been moft mercifully repriev'd by the fove- reign power of Jacob Tonfon , from being brought forth to pub- lick punishment ; and refpited from ...
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... late to compare with its original . I defire you to be the more fe- vere , as it is much more criminal for me to make another speak nonsense , than to do it in my own proper perfon . For your bet- ter help in comparing , it may be fit ...
... late to compare with its original . I defire you to be the more fe- vere , as it is much more criminal for me to make another speak nonsense , than to do it in my own proper perfon . For your bet- ter help in comparing , it may be fit ...
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... late , how much I am indebt- ed to that quality of yours in fpeaking well of me in my ab- fence ; the only thing by which you prove your felf no Wit or Critic : Tho ' indeed I have often thought , that a friend will show . just as much ...
... late , how much I am indebt- ed to that quality of yours in fpeaking well of me in my ab- fence ; the only thing by which you prove your felf no Wit or Critic : Tho ' indeed I have often thought , that a friend will show . just as much ...
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... late been very familiar with fome of my fize ; I am told my Lord L ** y and Mr. L ** n are gone before me ; and tho ' I may now without vanity esteem my self the least thing like a man in England , yet I can't but be forry , two heroes ...
... late been very familiar with fome of my fize ; I am told my Lord L ** y and Mr. L ** n are gone before me ; and tho ' I may now without vanity esteem my self the least thing like a man in England , yet I can't but be forry , two heroes ...
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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.