The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... poor writers as I are but beggars , no beggar is fo poor but he can keep a cur , and no au- thor is fo beggarly but he can keep a critic . I am far from thinking the attacks of fuch people either any honour or dishonour even to me ...
... poor writers as I are but beggars , no beggar is fo poor but he can keep a cur , and no au- thor is fo beggarly but he can keep a critic . I am far from thinking the attacks of fuch people either any honour or dishonour even to me ...
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... poor Sancho Panca : they perfuaded him that he enjoyed a great dominion , and then gave him nothing to fubfift upon but wafers and marmalade . In our days the greatest obligation you can lay upon a Wit , is to make a fool of him . For ...
... poor Sancho Panca : they perfuaded him that he enjoyed a great dominion , and then gave him nothing to fubfift upon but wafers and marmalade . In our days the greatest obligation you can lay upon a Wit , is to make a fool of him . For ...
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... poor to be thought rich , and are poor , which is my cafe .. I cannot but rejoice , that you have undergone fo much discontent for want of my company ; but if you have a mind to punish me for my fault ( which I could not help ) defer ...
... poor to be thought rich , and are poor , which is my cafe .. I cannot but rejoice , that you have undergone fo much discontent for want of my company ; but if you have a mind to punish me for my fault ( which I could not help ) defer ...
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... poor poetical gallant , that a Queen if the had to do with a groom , would expect a mark of his kindness from him , tho ' it were but his curry - comb . But you and I will difpute this matter when I am so happy as to fee you here ; and ...
... poor poetical gallant , that a Queen if the had to do with a groom , would expect a mark of his kindness from him , tho ' it were but his curry - comb . But you and I will difpute this matter when I am so happy as to fee you here ; and ...
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... poor Mr. Betterton is going to make his Exit from the ftage of this world , the Gout being gotten up into his head , and ( as the Phyficians fay ) will certainly car- ry him off fuddenly . LET- IAM LETTER XXVI . May 2 , 1710 . AM 38 ...
... poor Mr. Betterton is going to make his Exit from the ftage of this world , the Gout being gotten up into his head , and ( as the Phyficians fay ) will certainly car- ry him off fuddenly . LET- IAM LETTER XXVI . May 2 , 1710 . AM 38 ...
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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...