The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... line that I came honestly by them . I flat- ter myself , in a few months I fhall again be visible to the world ; and whenever thro ' good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall joyfully acquaint you with it , there being none more ...
... line that I came honestly by them . I flat- ter myself , in a few months I fhall again be visible to the world ; and whenever thro ' good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall joyfully acquaint you with it , there being none more ...
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... lines , very eafy to be dif tinguished , may be found in the Pofthumous Editions of Wycherley's Poems : particularly in thofe on Solitude , on the Public , and on the Mixed life . VOL . VII . C LET I LETTER XII . From Mr. WYCHERLEY ...
... lines , very eafy to be dif tinguished , may be found in the Pofthumous Editions of Wycherley's Poems : particularly in thofe on Solitude , on the Public , and on the Mixed life . VOL . VII . C LET I LETTER XII . From Mr. WYCHERLEY ...
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... lines , but my life . As to the damn'd verfes I entrusted you with , I hope you will let them undergo your purgatory , to fave them from other people's damning them : fince the critics , who are generally the first damn'd in this life ...
... lines , but my life . As to the damn'd verfes I entrusted you with , I hope you will let them undergo your purgatory , to fave them from other people's damning them : fince the critics , who are generally the first damn'd in this life ...
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... lines are these : " Thus Dulness , the safe opiate of the mind , " The last kind refuge weary wit can find ; " Fit for all ftations , and in each content , " Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; " No pains it takes , and no offence it ...
... lines are these : " Thus Dulness , the safe opiate of the mind , " The last kind refuge weary wit can find ; " Fit for all ftations , and in each content , " Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; " No pains it takes , and no offence it ...
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... lines ; which is like the Spaniards paying a debt of gold with a load of brafs money . But to be a plain dealer , I must tell you , I will revenge the raillery of your letters by printing them as Dennis did did mine ) without your ...
... lines ; which is like the Spaniards paying a debt of gold with a load of brafs money . But to be a plain dealer , I must tell you , I will revenge the raillery of your letters by printing them as Dennis did did mine ) without your ...
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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...