Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... look into them already open'd or acciden- tally dropt , is held an ungenerous , if not an immo- ral act . What then can be thought of the procu- . ring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them . merely for Lucre ? We cannot but ...
... look into them already open'd or acciden- tally dropt , is held an ungenerous , if not an immo- ral act . What then can be thought of the procu- . ring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them . merely for Lucre ? We cannot but ...
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... look upon his own perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy my self fo extremely like Alexander the great , as you would perfuade me . If I must be like him , ' tis you will make me fo , by complimenting me into a better opinion of my ...
... look upon his own perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy my self fo extremely like Alexander the great , as you would perfuade me . If I must be like him , ' tis you will make me fo , by complimenting me into a better opinion of my ...
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... look into our felves , fhould be the most instructive ftate of life . We fee nothing more commonly , than men , who for the fake of the circumftantial part and meer outfide of life , have been half their days rambling out of their ...
... look into our felves , fhould be the most instructive ftate of life . We fee nothing more commonly , than men , who for the fake of the circumftantial part and meer outfide of life , have been half their days rambling out of their ...
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... looks more ridiculous , than a work where the thoughts , however dif- ferent in their own nature , feem all on a level : ' Tis like a mea- dow newly mown , where weeds , grafs , and flowers are all laid even , and appear undistinguish'd ...
... looks more ridiculous , than a work where the thoughts , however dif- ferent in their own nature , feem all on a level : ' Tis like a mea- dow newly mown , where weeds , grafs , and flowers are all laid even , and appear undistinguish'd ...
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... look better in a careless night - gown with their hair about their ears , than Mademoiselle S- dreft for a ball . I do not defign to be in London till towards the parliament : then I fhall certainly be there ; and hope by that time you ...
... look better in a careless night - gown with their hair about their ears , than Mademoiselle S- dreft for a ball . I do not defign to be in London till towards the parliament : then I fhall certainly be there ; and hope by that time 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.