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... judgment , would be pleased with fo agreeable an amufement ; Mr. Cromwell could not be angry , fince it was but justice to his merit , to publish the folemn and private profeffions of love , gratitude , and veneration , made him by fo ...
... judgment , would be pleased with fo agreeable an amufement ; Mr. Cromwell could not be angry , fince it was but justice to his merit , to publish the folemn and private profeffions of love , gratitude , and veneration , made him by fo ...
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... judgment ; when we take care to inform the public , that there are few Letters of bis in this collection , which were not writ- ten under twenty years of age : on the other band , we doubt not the reader will be much b 3 more 1 more ...
... judgment ; when we take care to inform the public , that there are few Letters of bis in this collection , which were not writ- ten under twenty years of age : on the other band , we doubt not the reader will be much b 3 more 1 more ...
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... judgment ; and that it was his last resolu- tion to have fuppreffed thofe poems . As fome of the Letters which had paffed between him and our author cleared that point , they were published in 1729 , with a few marginal notes added by a ...
... judgment ; and that it was his last resolu- tion to have fuppreffed thofe poems . As fome of the Letters which had paffed between him and our author cleared that point , they were published in 1729 , with a few marginal notes added by a ...
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... judgment , and knowledge of compofition , enlivened with the fprightlinefs of manly wit , distinguish thofe of Mr.Pope : while , on the other hand , a childish jealousy , a pueriel affectation , an attention and lying at catch for turns ...
... judgment , and knowledge of compofition , enlivened with the fprightlinefs of manly wit , distinguish thofe of Mr.Pope : while , on the other hand , a childish jealousy , a pueriel affectation , an attention and lying at catch for turns ...
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... Judgment , or Modefty , which ( tho ' it be to please myself ) I must no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good wit never forfeited your good judgment , but in your ...
... Judgment , or Modefty , which ( tho ' it be to please myself ) I must no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good wit never forfeited your good judgment , but in your ...
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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.