LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... their hoards of old gold and most valued jewels ; jewels ; fo Sappho had recourfe to her hid trea- vi PREFACE to the Some reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years, and the advantage of fuch friendships.
... their hoards of old gold and most valued jewels ; jewels ; fo Sappho had recourfe to her hid trea- vi PREFACE to the Some reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years, and the advantage of fuch friendships.
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... reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years , and the advantage of fuch friendships . VII . Against Compliment . VIII . An account of the duller fort of Country Gentlemen , and Country Life . IX . From ...
... reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years , and the advantage of fuch friendships . VII . Against Compliment . VIII . An account of the duller fort of Country Gentlemen , and Country Life . IX . From ...
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... reason to be pleas'd with them , when he confiders that the natural confequence of praise envy and calumny . is Si ultra placitum laudarit , baccare frontem Cingite , ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro . When once a man has appear'd as a ...
... reason to be pleas'd with them , when he confiders that the natural confequence of praise envy and calumny . is Si ultra placitum laudarit , baccare frontem Cingite , ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro . When once a man has appear'd as a ...
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... reason , but because the confequence of this machine appears not till the fecond book . ) The tranflation goes on from thence to the words Hic vero ambobus rabiem fortuna cruentam , where there is an odd ac- count of a battle at fifty ...
... reason , but because the confequence of this machine appears not till the fecond book . ) The tranflation goes on from thence to the words Hic vero ambobus rabiem fortuna cruentam , where there is an odd ac- count of a battle at fifty ...
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... reason and good sense . What I have done is not as a critic , but as a friend ; I know too well how many qualities are requifite to make the one , and that I want almost all I can reckon up ; but I am fure I do not want inclination ...
... reason and good sense . What I have done is not as a critic , but as a friend ; I know too well how many qualities are requifite to make the one , and that I want almost all I can reckon up ; but I am fure I do not want inclination ...
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Addiſon affure againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe befides beſt cauſe CHERLEY converfation Cromwell deferves defign defire Effay eſpecially eſteem fafely faid fame favour feems fend fenfe fent feven fhall fhew fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs himſelf Homer hope houſe itſelf juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs LETTER LETTER moft moſt muft Muſes muſt myſelf never obfervations obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral paſs perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry poffible Pope praiſe prefent profe publiſh reaſon receiv'd reft ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir William Trumbull ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate Statius ſtill ſtyle ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe vanity verfes verfion verſes whoſe William Trumbull wiſh writ write Wycherley yourſelf
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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.