Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... opinion of Mr. Gay's merit and modefty . LETTER CXLVI . His defire to do him fervice , and advice as to the ftudy of Poetry : LETTER CXLVII . About Painting ; Mr. Gay's Poem of the Fan .. LETTER CXLVIII . To Mr. Gay on his return from ...
... opinion of Mr. Gay's merit and modefty . LETTER CXLVI . His defire to do him fervice , and advice as to the ftudy of Poetry : LETTER CXLVII . About Painting ; Mr. Gay's Poem of the Fan .. LETTER CXLVIII . To Mr. Gay on his return from ...
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... opinion of writing Panegyrick . LETTER CLXVIII . The Author's bad health , complaints of abfence , and fome Advice to bis Friend . LETTER CLXIX . On the death of Mr. Gay , his Mother's illness , and other melan- choly Incidents ...
... opinion of writing Panegyrick . LETTER CLXVIII . The Author's bad health , complaints of abfence , and fome Advice to bis Friend . LETTER CLXIX . On the death of Mr. Gay , his Mother's illness , and other melan- choly Incidents ...
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... opinion , that friendship is best contract- ed betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much interest to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I cannot forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion ...
... opinion , that friendship is best contract- ed betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much interest to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I cannot forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion ...
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... opinion , but that you treat me fo much in a ftyle of compliment . It has been obferved of women , that they are more subject in their youth to be touched with vanity , than men , on account of their being more generally treated this ...
... opinion , but that you treat me fo much in a ftyle of compliment . It has been obferved of women , that they are more subject in their youth to be touched with vanity , than men , on account of their being more generally treated this ...
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... opinion of my self than I deserve : They made him think he was the son of Ju- piter , and you affure me I am a man of parts . But is this all you can fay to my honour ? you faid ten times as much before , when you call'd me your friend ...
... opinion of my self than I deserve : They made him think he was the son of Ju- piter , and you affure me I am a man of parts . But is this all you can fay to my honour ? you faid ten times as much before , when you call'd me your friend ...
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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.