LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... once exposed and plundered . As an Author , you are deprived of that Power , which above all others conftitutes a good one , the power of rejecting , and the right of judging for your felf , what pieces it may be moft ufe- ful ...
... once exposed and plundered . As an Author , you are deprived of that Power , which above all others conftitutes a good one , the power of rejecting , and the right of judging for your felf , what pieces it may be moft ufe- ful ...
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... once to wave all your compli- ments , and to collect only this in general from them , that your defign is to encourage me . But I feparate from all the reft that paragraph or two , in which you make me fo warm an offer of your ...
... once to wave all your compli- ments , and to collect only this in general from them , that your defign is to encourage me . But I feparate from all the reft that paragraph or two , in which you make me fo warm an offer of your ...
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... once irrecoverably be - mus'd , the best way both to quiet them , and fecure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I ...
... once irrecoverably be - mus'd , the best way both to quiet them , and fecure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I ...
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... once a poet and a phyfician . Now , Sir , as to my impudent invitation of you to the town , your good nature was the first cause of my confident requeft ; but excuse me , I must ( I fee ) fay no more upon this subject , fince I find you ...
... once a poet and a phyfician . Now , Sir , as to my impudent invitation of you to the town , your good nature was the first cause of my confident requeft ; but excuse me , I must ( I fee ) fay no more upon this subject , fince I find you ...
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... once pleas'd and instructed me ; so that , I affure you , you can no more write too much to your absent friends , than speak too much to the prefent . This is a truth that all men own who have either feen your writings , or heard your ...
... once pleas'd and instructed me ; so that , I affure you , you can no more write too much to your absent friends , than speak too much to the prefent . This is a truth that all men own who have either feen your writings , or heard 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.