Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 Seiten |
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... perhaps ' tis the only dispute in which I might hope to have the better of you . Now , Sir , to make you another excufe for my boldness in in- The fame which was printed in the Year 1717 , in a Miscellany of Bern . Lintot's , and in the ...
... perhaps ' tis the only dispute in which I might hope to have the better of you . Now , Sir , to make you another excufe for my boldness in in- The fame which was printed in the Year 1717 , in a Miscellany of Bern . Lintot's , and in the ...
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... ( perhaps the fame way ) to be reveng❜d of you for your kindness , by taking your name in vain in fome of my future ma- drigals : yet so as to let the world know , my love or esteem for you are no more poetick than my talent in ...
... ( perhaps the fame way ) to be reveng❜d of you for your kindness , by taking your name in vain in fome of my future ma- drigals : yet so as to let the world know , my love or esteem for you are no more poetick than my talent in ...
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... perhaps because we have none before them ; ' tis evident that most of them borrow'd from Homer , and Homer has been accus'd of burning those that wrote before him , that his thefts might not be difcover'd . The best of the modern poets ...
... perhaps because we have none before them ; ' tis evident that most of them borrow'd from Homer , and Homer has been accus'd of burning those that wrote before him , that his thefts might not be difcover'd . The best of the modern poets ...
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... perhaps too it may be so to forget those on whom they con- fer'd ' em ? Then indeed I must be forgotten to all intents and purposes . I am , it must be own'd , dead in a natural capacity , according to Mr. Bickerftaff ; dead in a ...
... perhaps too it may be so to forget those on whom they con- fer'd ' em ? Then indeed I must be forgotten to all intents and purposes . I am , it must be own'd , dead in a natural capacity , according to Mr. Bickerftaff ; dead in a ...
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... June 24 , 1710 . IS very natural for a young friend , and a young lover , to think the perfons they love have nothing to do but to please them ; when perhaps they for their parts had twenty 58 LETTERS to and from LETTER XXVIII.
... June 24 , 1710 . IS very natural for a young friend , and a young lover , to think the perfons they love have nothing to do but to please them ; when perhaps they for their parts had twenty 58 LETTERS to and from LETTER XXVIII.
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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.