The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Band 8J. and P. KNAPTON in Ludgate-street, 1751 - 280 Seiten |
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Seite ii
... writing carelessly : The humour of the town . III . From Mr. Digby . Answer to the former . IV . On the finishing his tranflation of the Iliad.His fituation at Twickenham , Planting , The death of a friend . V. From Mr. Digby . Answer ...
... writing carelessly : The humour of the town . III . From Mr. Digby . Answer to the former . IV . On the finishing his tranflation of the Iliad.His fituation at Twickenham , Planting , The death of a friend . V. From Mr. Digby . Answer ...
Seite v
... writing . Of Mr. Fenton's death . XVI . A congratulation to Mr. Gay , on the end of his expectations at court . The innocence of a pri- vate life , and the happiness of independency . XVII . From Mr. Gay , in the country . Thoughts of ...
... writing . Of Mr. Fenton's death . XVI . A congratulation to Mr. Gay , on the end of his expectations at court . The innocence of a pri- vate life , and the happiness of independency . XVII . From Mr. Gay , in the country . Thoughts of ...
Seite vi
... writing panegyric XXV . From Mr. Cleland to Mr. Gay . XXVI . Mr. Pope to the Earl of Burlington . XXVII . The author's bad health , complaints of ab- fence , and fome advice to his friend . XXVIII . On the death of Mr. Gay , his ...
... writing panegyric XXV . From Mr. Cleland to Mr. Gay . XXVI . Mr. Pope to the Earl of Burlington . XXVII . The author's bad health , complaints of ab- fence , and fome advice to his friend . XXVIII . On the death of Mr. Gay , his ...
Seite 2
... write to him in fo high a ftyle , that , were my epiftle intercepted , it would raife no fmall admiration in an ordinary man . There is fcarce an order in it of lefs im- portance , than to remove fuch and fuch mountains , alter the ...
... write to him in fo high a ftyle , that , were my epiftle intercepted , it would raife no fmall admiration in an ordinary man . There is fcarce an order in it of lefs im- portance , than to remove fuch and fuch mountains , alter the ...
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... writing too : the more time we give ourselves to think over one's own or a friend's unhappiness , the more unable we grow to express the grief that proceeds from it . It is as na- tural to delay a letter , at fuch a feafon as this , as ...
... writing too : the more time we give ourselves to think over one's own or a friend's unhappiness , the more unable we grow to express the grief that proceeds from it . It is as na- tural to delay a letter , at fuch a feafon as this , as ...
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Adieu affure againſt almoſt anſwer Arbuthnot becauſe beft beſt Bishop of Rochester BLOUNT cafe cauſe circumftance converfation Court death deferves defire Digby Duchefs Dunciad eafy elfe elſe Epiftle eſteem fafe faid fame fatire fatisfaction feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhould fide fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething foon forry fpirits friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure give Gorboduc greateſt happineſs himſelf honeft honour hope Iliad juft juſt Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER live lofs Lord Lordship melancholy mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve occafion opinion ourſelves paſt perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Pope prefent preferve profe racter reaſon reflect ſay ſee ſhall ſhe ſtate ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro town Tranflation Twickenham uſe Verfes whofe wifh wiſh write yourſelf
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Seite 26 - ... radiations; and when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different scene. It is finished with...
Seite 8 - ... as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken.
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 208 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Seite 164 - ... have not been able to attain that one quality peculiar to a great man, of forgetting every thing but injuries. Of this I am a living witnefs againft you ; for being the moft infignificant of all your old humble fervants, you were fo cruel as never to...
Seite 26 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Seite 113 - THE only news that you can expedl to have from me here, is news from heaven, for I am quite out of the world, and there is fcarce any thing can reach me except the noife of thunder, which undoubtedly you have heard too.
Seite 96 - ... utterly forgetful of that world from which we are gone, and ripening for that to which we are to go. If you retain any memory of the past...
Seite 165 - Europe ; and an admiral on account of your skill in maritime affairs : whereas, according to the usual method of court proceedings, I should have been at the head of the army, and you of the church, or rather a curate under the dean of St. Patrick's.
Seite 97 - Remember it was at such a time, that the greatest lights of antiquity dazzled and blazed the most, in their retreat, in their exile, or in their death. But why do I talk of dazzling or blazing ? it was then that they did good, that they gave light, and that they became guides to mankind.