LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions ) will have pa- tience with a debtor who has an inclination to pay you his obligations , if he had ...
... best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions ) will have pa- tience with a debtor who has an inclination to pay you his obligations , if he had ...
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... best way of fhewing my judg- ment , after having feen how you write , is to But they might keep com- pany or not , juft as they pleafed , for the Author was gone in fearch of Witticifms . B 4 leave leave off writing ; and the best way ...
... best way of fhewing my judg- ment , after having feen how you write , is to But they might keep com- pany or not , juft as they pleafed , for the Author was gone in fearch of Witticifms . B 4 leave leave off writing ; and the best way ...
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Alexander Pope. leave off writing ; and the best way to fhew my friendship to you , is to put an end to your trou- ble , and to conclude Yours , & c . LETTER III . March 25 , 1705 . WHEN I write to you , I forcfece a long letter , and ...
Alexander Pope. leave off writing ; and the best way to fhew my friendship to you , is to put an end to your trou- ble , and to conclude Yours , & c . LETTER III . March 25 , 1705 . WHEN I write to you , I forcfece a long letter , and ...
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... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the best ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chear- ful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is less tedious and more entertaining ...
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the best ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chear- ful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is less tedious and more entertaining ...
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... best contracted betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much interest to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I can- not forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion . In the first place ...
... best contracted betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much interest to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I can- not forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion . In the first place ...
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Seite 294 - ... 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 252 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Seite 331 - Pray tell me next how you deal with the critics? " Sir," said he,
Seite 96 - ... 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 354 - I should be glad the world knew you admitted me to your friendship, and since your affection is too hard for your judgment, I am contented to let the world know how well Mr.
Seite 260 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
Seite 330 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
Seite 254 - I could not but differ from this opinion : methinks it was by no means a gay, but a very serious soliloquy, to his soul at the point of its departure ; in which sense I naturally took the verses at my first reading them, when I was very young, and before I knew what interpretation the world generally put upon them.
Seite 329 - 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 320 - ... and sweetmeats, out of devotion: in a word, were it not for this devotion of its inhabitants, Naples would have little else to recommend it besides the air and situation.