LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... town , that I might fend you thofe Letters , as a clear evidence that I was a perfect ftranger to all their proceeding . Should I have protested against it , after the printing , it might have been taken for an at- tempt to decry his ...
... town , that I might fend you thofe Letters , as a clear evidence that I was a perfect ftranger to all their proceeding . Should I have protested against it , after the printing , it might have been taken for an at- tempt to decry his ...
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... town and country . The better your Reputa tion is , the more your Name will cause them to be demanded , and confequently the more you will be injured . The injury is of fuch a nature , as the Law ( which does not punith for Inten- tions ) ...
... town and country . The better your Reputa tion is , the more your Name will cause them to be demanded , and confequently the more you will be injured . The injury is of fuch a nature , as the Law ( which does not punith for Inten- tions ) ...
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... your wit , as a gamefter with the custody of your money . - If you happen to come to town , you will make it more difficult for me to leave it , who am Your , & c . LETTER LETTER VI . April 30 , 1705 . I Cannot 12 LETTERS TO AND.
... your wit , as a gamefter with the custody of your money . - If you happen to come to town , you will make it more difficult for me to leave it , who am Your , & c . LETTER LETTER VI . April 30 , 1705 . I Cannot 12 LETTERS TO AND.
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... town to the country ; from Will's coffee - house to Windfor - foreft . I find no other difference than this , betwixt the common town - wits , and the downright country fools ; that the first are C pertly pertly in the wrong , with a ...
... town to the country ; from Will's coffee - house to Windfor - foreft . I find no other difference than this , betwixt the common town - wits , and the downright country fools ; that the first are C pertly pertly in the wrong , with a ...
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... town , and you will do it effectually . But I know your charity always exceeds your revenge , fo that I will not despair of feeing you , and , in return to your inviting me to your foreft , in- vite you to my foreft , the town ; where ...
... town , and you will do it effectually . But I know your charity always exceeds your revenge , fo that I will not despair of feeing you , and , in return to your inviting me to your foreft , in- vite you to my foreft , the town ; where ...
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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.