The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... present to those which are yet unpub- lifhed , of which there are more than enough to make a confiderable volume , of full as good ones , nay , I believe , of better than any in Vol . I. which I could with you would defer , at least ...
... present to those which are yet unpub- lifhed , of which there are more than enough to make a confiderable volume , of full as good ones , nay , I believe , of better than any in Vol . I. which I could with you would defer , at least ...
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... present writing hereof it is the three hundred eighty - ninth week of the reign of your moft ferene majefty , in whofe fervice I was lifted fome weeks before I beheld your fifter . This Information will account for my writing to either ...
... present writing hereof it is the three hundred eighty - ninth week of the reign of your moft ferene majefty , in whofe fervice I was lifted fome weeks before I beheld your fifter . This Information will account for my writing to either ...
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... present than he that gives you his heart ; and true friends would rather fee such thoughts as they communicate only to one another , than what they fquander about to all the world . They who can fet a right value upon any thing , will ...
... present than he that gives you his heart ; and true friends would rather fee such thoughts as they communicate only to one another , than what they fquander about to all the world . They who can fet a right value upon any thing , will ...
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... present of The Rape of the Lock . You have given me the truest satis- faction imaginable not only in making good the just opinion I have ever had of your reach of thought , and my Idea of your comprehenfive genius ; but likewife in that ...
... present of The Rape of the Lock . You have given me the truest satis- faction imaginable not only in making good the just opinion I have ever had of your reach of thought , and my Idea of your comprehenfive genius ; but likewife in that ...
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... present to be a bare looker - on , and from a practitioner turn an admirer , which is ( as the world goes ) not very ufual . Cato was not so much the wonder of Rome in his days , as he is of Britain in ours ; and though all the foolish ...
... present to be a bare looker - on , and from a practitioner turn an admirer , which is ( as the world goes ) not very ufual . Cato was not so much the wonder of Rome in his days , as he is of Britain in ours ; and though all the foolish ...
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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...