The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... manner of life in the country , and of the author's near the town . XIV . A Description of a grotto . XV . On the approach of winter , hofpitality , and a cheerful family . LETTERS to and from the Honourable ROBERT DIGBY . LETTER From ...
... manner of life in the country , and of the author's near the town . XIV . A Description of a grotto . XV . On the approach of winter , hofpitality , and a cheerful family . LETTERS to and from the Honourable ROBERT DIGBY . LETTER From ...
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... manner of life in the country preferred to that in the town . XV . On the fame subject . XVI . XVII . On the feafon of Christmas : Customs of hofpitality : Charity and good works , where they are yet fubfifting . XVIII . To the Hon ...
... manner of life in the country preferred to that in the town . XV . On the fame subject . XVI . XVII . On the feafon of Christmas : Customs of hofpitality : Charity and good works , where they are yet fubfifting . XVIII . To the Hon ...
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... manner of infide- lity . Ajax and Hector are no more to be com- pared to Corinæus and Arthur , than the Guelphs and Ghibellines are to the Mohocks of ever dreadful memory . This amazing writer has made me lay afide Homer for a week ...
... manner of infide- lity . Ajax and Hector are no more to be com- pared to Corinæus and Arthur , than the Guelphs and Ghibellines are to the Mohocks of ever dreadful memory . This amazing writer has made me lay afide Homer for a week ...
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... manner of enquiring after me , among the first con- cerns of life , at your refufcitation , should - have been fooner anfwer'd and acknowledged . I fincerely rejoice at your recovery from an illness which gave me lefs pain than it did ...
... manner of enquiring after me , among the first con- cerns of life , at your refufcitation , should - have been fooner anfwer'd and acknowledged . I fincerely rejoice at your recovery from an illness which gave me lefs pain than it did ...
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... manner that you have always done . I often too confider him in other lights that make him valuable to me . With him , I know not by what connec- tion , you never fail to come into my mind , as if you were infeparable . I have , as you ...
... manner that you have always done . I often too confider him in other lights that make him valuable to me . With him , I know not by what connec- tion , you never fail to come into my mind , as if you were infeparable . I have , as you ...
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Adieu affure almoſt amuſements anſwer becauſe beft beſt Biſhop of ROCHESTER BLOUNT cafe cauſe Chriftians converfation dear Sir defire Digby diſtance Duchefs eafy eaſy EDWARD BLOUNT elfe elſe eſteem fafely faid fame fatisfaction feems fenfe fervant ferve feveral fhall fhew fide fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething foon friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure Gorboduc greateſt happineſs hear himſelf honour hope Iliad juft juſt Lady Scudamore laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs LETTER LETTER live lofs Lord Lord Bathurst Lordſhip Mary Digby ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never occafion ourſelves perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure prefent preferve reaſon ROBERT DIGBY ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhip ſhould ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch taſte tell ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tion Twickenham uſe whofe wiſh writ write yourſelf
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Seite 6 - My dear, it is only this, that you will never marry an old man again.
Seite 29 - ... radiations ; and when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different scene. It is...
Seite 119 - I know not but I may call upon you at my hearing, to say somewhat about my way of spending my time at the Deanery, which did not seem calculated towards managing plots and conspiracies.
Seite 145 - I am quite out of the world, and there is fcarce any thing that can reach me except the noife of thunder, which undoubtedly you have heard too. We have read in old authors of high towers levelled by it to the ground, while the humble valleys have...
Seite 142 - Parnell and I have been inseparable ever since you went. We are now at the Bath, where (if you are not, as I heartily hope, better engaged) your coming would be the greatest pleasure to us in the world. Talk not of expenses: Homer shall support his children. I beg a line from you, directed to the Post-house in Bath. Poor Parnell is in an ill state of health.
Seite 272 - 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 6 - Catechism, as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken.
Seite 125 - 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.
Seite 225 - And this for the very reason, which possibly might hinder you coming, that my poor mother is dead. I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even amiable to behold it.
Seite 138 - I am, when every day the performances of others appear more beautiful and excellent, and my own more despicable.