The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 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 enfure 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 enfure his welcome to them ; for had he come alone he had been rejected , only because his vifits were ...
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... say ) in writing to me , fince you have always chofen the task of com- mending me : take but the other way , and , I dare engage , you will find none at all . As for my verses , which you praise so much , I may truly say they have never ...
... say ) in writing to me , fince you have always chofen the task of com- mending me : take but the other way , and , I dare engage , you will find none at all . As for my verses , which you praise so much , I may truly say they have never ...
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... saying I have fuffered a great deal of difcontent that you do not come , tho ' I so little merit that you fhould . I must complain of the fhortnefs of your laft . Those who have moft wit , like those who have most money , are generally ...
... saying I have fuffered a great deal of difcontent that you do not come , tho ' I so little merit that you fhould . I must complain of the fhortnefs of your laft . Those who have moft wit , like those who have most money , are generally ...
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... says he is more your friend or humble fer- vant , than Your , & c . I LETTER XIX . May 20 , 1709 . AM glad you receiv'd the * Mifcellany , 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 . I LETTER XIX . May 20 , 1709 . AM glad you receiv'd the * Mifcellany , if it were only to fhow you that there are as bad poets in this nation as your fervant . This ...
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... say of me to the world ; which you do well to call your prophecy , fince whatever is faid in my favour , muft be a prediction of things that are not yet ; you , like a true Godfather , engage on my part for much more than ever I can ...
... say of me to the world ; which you do well to call your prophecy , fince whatever is faid in my favour , muft be a prediction of things that are not yet ; you , like a true Godfather , engage on my part for much more than ever I can ...
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Seite 67 - 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 188 - 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 130 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning ; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks ; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Seite 240 - Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Seite 67 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body; peace of mind; Quiet by day ; Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Seite 212 - ... 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 132 - ... to the falls of cataracts below, and the murmuring of the winds above. The gloomy verdure of Stonor succeeded to these, and then the shades of the evening overtook me.
Seite 67 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Seite 72 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...