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... habitations I have made them ; my building rises high enough to attract the eye
and curiosity of the passenger from the river , where , upon beholding a mixture
of beauty and ruin , he enquires what house is falling , or what church is rising ?
... habitations I have made them ; my building rises high enough to attract the eye
and curiosity of the passenger from the river , where , upon beholding a mixture
of beauty and ruin , he enquires what house is falling , or what church is rising ?
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I wish you ' tis but a cold one ; we are ready to change those distant favours of a
lofty beauty , for a gross material fire that warms and comforts more . could be
here till your family come to town : you'll live more innocently , and kill fewer ...
I wish you ' tis but a cold one ; we are ready to change those distant favours of a
lofty beauty , for a gross material fire that warms and comforts more . could be
here till your family come to town : you'll live more innocently , and kill fewer ...
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The very women read it , and pretend to be charm'd with that beauty which they
generally think the least of . They make as much ado about truth , since am sure *
Mr. Wollaston's book of the Religion of Nature delineated . The Queen was fond ...
The very women read it , and pretend to be charm'd with that beauty which they
generally think the least of . They make as much ado about truth , since am sure *
Mr. Wollaston's book of the Religion of Nature delineated . The Queen was fond ...
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Your joining in your letter animal and vegetable beauty , makes me use this
expression : I confess the stately Sacharilla at Stow , but am content with my little
Amoret . I thought you indeed more knowing upon the subject , and wonder at
your ...
Your joining in your letter animal and vegetable beauty , makes me use this
expression : I confess the stately Sacharilla at Stow , but am content with my little
Amoret . I thought you indeed more knowing upon the subject , and wonder at
your ...
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... as that Lady , whom your Lordship made choice of to be the Mother of your
own Children ; whose merit , beauty , and vivacity ( if transmitted to your pofterity )
will be a better present than even the noble blood they derive only from you .
... as that Lady , whom your Lordship made choice of to be the Mother of your
own Children ; whose merit , beauty , and vivacity ( if transmitted to your pofterity )
will be a better present than even the noble blood they derive only from you .
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Adieu affection againſt anſwer bear beauty becauſe believe beſt Biſhop body caſe comfort concern converſation Court dear death deſire elſe expect eyes fear feel fincere firſt follow fome friendſhip gardens give greater hand happy hear heart heartily himſelf honour hope juſt kind Lady laſt late leaſt leave leſs letter live look Lord Lordſhip loſs manner mean mind moſt mother muſt myſelf nature never obliged once opinion perhaps perſon pleaſe pleaſure poor Pray preſent reaſon receive reflection remember ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſince ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch ſure tell thank theſe thing thoſe thought thro town true truth turn uſe verſe whole whoſe wiſh write yourſelf
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Seite 111 - Parnell is in an ill state of health. " Pardon me if I add a word of advice in the poetical way.
Seite 8 - Catechism, as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken. The old man then lay down...
Seite 98 - I look upon you as a spirit entered into another life ', as one just upon the edge of immortality; where the passions and affections must be much more exalted, and where you ought to despise all little views, and all mean retrospects. Nothing is worth your looking back ; and therefore look forward, and make (as you can) the world look after you. But take care that it be not with pity, but with esteem and admiration.
Seite 67 - I faid to you in mine about the Monument, was intended only to quicken, not to alarm you. It is not worth your while to know what I meant by it : but when I fee you, you mall.
Seite 180 - Horace their companion, though he had been in arms on the side of Brutus ; and allow me to remark, it was out of the suffering party too that they favoured and distinguished Virgil.
Seite 26 - ... radiations ; and when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different scene. It is...
Seite 97 - ... our declining years, the drums and rattles of ambition, and the dirt and bubbles of avarice.
Seite 75 - Spencer ; and I will take care to make good in every respect what I said to him when living ; particularly as to the triplet he wrote for his own epitaph ; which, while we were in good terms, I promised him should never appear on his tomb while I was dean of Westminster.
Seite 97 - Christian all. You may now begin to think your manhood was too much a puerility; and you will never suffer your age to be but a second infancy.
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| Titel | The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters Band 8 von The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq., with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death; Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton, William Warburton |
| Autor/in | Alexander Pope |
| Verlag | J. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 11. Juli 2007 |
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