The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Band 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... say , that when he was grown too old to have his vifits admit- ted alone by the ladies , he always took along with him a young man to ensure his welcome to them ; for had he come alone he had been rejected , only because his vifits were ...
... say , that when he was grown too old to have his vifits admit- ted alone by the ladies , he always took along with him a young man to ensure his welcome to them ; for had he come alone he had been rejected , only because his vifits were ...
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... say they have never been the cause of any vanity in me , except what they gave me when they firft occafioned my acquaintance with you . But I have feveral times fince been in danger of this vice ; as often , I mean , as I received any 5 ...
... say they have never been the cause of any vanity in me , except what they gave me when they firft occafioned my acquaintance with you . But I have feveral times fince been in danger of this vice ; as often , I mean , as I received any 5 ...
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... say were as true , applied to me , as it would be to yourself , for feveral weighty reafons ; but for none fo much as that I might be to you what you deferve ; whereas I can now be no more than is con- fiftent with the small tho ...
... say were as true , applied to me , as it would be to yourself , for feveral weighty reafons ; but for none fo much as that I might be to you what you deferve ; whereas I can now be no more than is con- fiftent with the small tho ...
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... saying she has once been tolerable , and wou'd yet pafs mufter by a little licking over ; it is true that ( like most vain anti- quated jades which have once been paffable ) she yet affects youthfulness in her age , and would ftill gain ...
... saying she has once been tolerable , and wou'd yet pafs mufter by a little licking over ; it is true that ( like most vain anti- quated jades which have once been paffable ) she yet affects youthfulness in her age , and would ftill gain ...
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... says he is more your friend or humble fer- vant , than Your , & c . LETTER XIX . May 20 , 1709 . I AM glad you receiv'd the * Miscellany , if it were only to fhow you that there are as bad poets in this nation as your fervant . This ...
... says he is more your friend or humble fer- vant , than Your , & c . LETTER XIX . May 20 , 1709 . I AM glad you receiv'd the * Miscellany , if it were only to fhow you that there are as bad poets in this nation as your fervant . This ...
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Seite 69 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Seite 190 - 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 190 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
Seite 189 - I should myself be much better pleased, if I were told you called me your little friend, than if you complimented me with the title of a great genius, or an eminent hand, as Jacob does all his authors.
Seite 244 - Don't you design to let him pass a year at Oxford ? "To what purpose? (said he) the Universities do but make Pedants, and I intend to breed him a man of business.
Seite 244 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
Seite 214 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Seite 236 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Seite 132 - Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
Seite 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...