The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions t ) will have This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in general . + Mr. Locke had ...
... best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions t ) will have This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in general . + Mr. Locke had ...
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... pliment , which is at best but the smoke of friend- fhip . I neither write , nor converse with you , to * * His Paftorals , written at fixteen years of age . B 3 gain gain your praife , but your Affection . Be fo FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 5.
... pliment , which is at best but the smoke of friend- fhip . I neither write , nor converse with you , to * * His Paftorals , written at fixteen years of age . B 3 gain gain your praife , but your Affection . Be fo FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 5.
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... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more enter- taining ...
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more enter- taining ...
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... best way both to quiet them , and secure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I could be heartily glad that all you ...
... best way both to quiet them , and secure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I could be heartily glad that all you ...
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... best pleased with his own . Befides , if the trueft and most useful knowledge be the know- ledge of ourselves , folitude , conducing moft to make us look into ourselves , fhould be the most in- ftructive state of life . We fee nothing ...
... best pleased with his own . Befides , if the trueft and most useful knowledge be the know- ledge of ourselves , folitude , conducing moft to make us look into ourselves , fhould be the most in- ftructive state of life . We fee nothing ...
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Æneid affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft beſt cauſe converſation correfpondence defign defire Dulneſs eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf hope houſe judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt Mufes muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe Pray prefent printed profe publiſhed reaſon receiv'd reft Sappho ſay ſee ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
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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...