The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. Carefully Collated and Compared with Former Editions: Together with Notes from the Various Critics and CommentatorsEditor, and sold, 1778 |
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... lefs their bufinefs to perfuade men they are erroneous , than docters do that they are fick ; only that they may magnify their own cure , and triumph over an imaginary diftemper . The fimile objected to in my Essay , ( Thus wit , like ...
... lefs their bufinefs to perfuade men they are erroneous , than docters do that they are fick ; only that they may magnify their own cure , and triumph over an imaginary diftemper . The fimile objected to in my Essay , ( Thus wit , like ...
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... lefs afraid , fince this has given me fuch a proof of the extreme indulgence you afford to my flightest thoughts . The revifal of these letters has been a kind of examina- tion of confcience to me ; fo fairly and faithfully have I fet ...
... lefs afraid , fince this has given me fuch a proof of the extreme indulgence you afford to my flightest thoughts . The revifal of these letters has been a kind of examina- tion of confcience to me ; fo fairly and faithfully have I fet ...
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... lefs than old age to the fhaking down this scaffolding of the body , may difco- ver the inward ftructure more plainly . Sickness is a fort of early old age : it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly ftate , and infpires us with the ...
... lefs than old age to the fhaking down this scaffolding of the body , may difco- ver the inward ftructure more plainly . Sickness is a fort of early old age : it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly ftate , and infpires us with the ...
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... lefs industry might have gain'd you a friendfhip that can never deceive or end , a fatisfaction which praise cannot bestow , nor vani- ty feel ; and a glory , which ( tho ' in one refpect like fame , not to be had till after death ) yet ...
... lefs industry might have gain'd you a friendfhip that can never deceive or end , a fatisfaction which praise cannot bestow , nor vani- ty feel ; and a glory , which ( tho ' in one refpect like fame , not to be had till after death ) yet ...
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... lefs . Homer advances fo faft , that he begins to look bout for the ornaments he is to appear in , like a modif modern author , Picture in the front , With bays and wicked rhyme upon't . I have the greateft proof in nature , at prefent ...
... lefs . Homer advances fo faft , that he begins to look bout for the ornaments he is to appear in , like a modif modern author , Picture in the front , With bays and wicked rhyme upon't . I have the greateft proof in nature , at prefent ...
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Addiſon Adieu affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft believe beſt Bishop of ROCHESTER cafe caufe converfation deferves defign defire Duchefs Dunciad eafy efteem excufe fafe faid fame fatire feems feen fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fhould fide fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething foon forry fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure give greateſt himſelf Homer honeft honour hope houfe houſe Iliad juft juftice juſt Lady laft leaft leaſt lefs LETTER Lintot live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion perfon pleafed pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetry Pope prefent profe reafon refpect ſhall ſmall ſuch Swift tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro tranflation Twickenham uſe verfes verſes Whig whofe wifh wiſh worfe writ write yourſelf
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Seite 20 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Seite 264 - I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Seite 14 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Seite 305 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Seite 107 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Seite 91 - ... as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken.
Seite 365 - All my acquaintance tell me, they know not above three families where they can occafionally dine in a whole year : Dr. Delany is the only gentleman I know, who keeps one certain day in the week to entertain...
Seite 374 - ... I've been long ago, of my Wit ; my fyftem is a fhort one, and my circle narrow. Imagination has no limits, and that is...
Seite 243 - Curll, when I was in credit; but the rogue would never allow me a fair stroke at them, although my penknife was ready drawn and sharp.
Seite 167 - DEAR MR. GAY, — Welcome to your native soil, welcome to your friends, thrice welcome to me, whether returned in glory, blest with court interest, the love and familiarity of the great, and filled 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...