Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711. Vol. 1booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... best and nearest Friends . ever , I hope , you who have as much good Nature as good Senfe , ( fince they gene- rally are Companions ) will have Patience with a Debtor , who you think has an In- clination to pay you , his Obligations ...
... best and nearest Friends . ever , I hope , you who have as much good Nature as good Senfe , ( fince they gene- rally are Companions ) will have Patience with a Debtor , who you think has an In- clination to pay you , his Obligations ...
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... best way of thewing my Judgment , after having feen how you write , is to leave off writing ; and the best way to fhew my Friendship to you , is to put an end to your Trouble , and to conclude Your , & c . J Mr. POPE's Anfwer . March 25 ...
... best way of thewing my Judgment , after having feen how you write , is to leave off writing ; and the best way to fhew my Friendship to you , is to put an end to your Trouble , and to conclude Your , & c . J Mr. POPE's Anfwer . March 25 ...
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... best , as the longest Life ( if a good one ) is the beft , as it yields the more Variety and is more Exemplary ; as a chearful Summer's Day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the Winter , is lefs tedious and more entertain- ing ...
... best , as the longest Life ( if a good one ) is the beft , as it yields the more Variety and is more Exemplary ; as a chearful Summer's Day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the Winter , is lefs tedious and more entertain- ing ...
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... best way both to quiet them , and fecure your felves 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 . ) } In our You may believe me , I could be hear- tily glad ...
... best way both to quiet them , and fecure your felves 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 . ) } In our You may believe me , I could be hear- tily glad ...
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... best of thofe Verfes , ( as that on the Idleness of Bufines ; on Ignorance ; on Laziness , & c . ) to make the Method and Numbers exact , and avoid Repetitions ? For tho ( upon reading ' em on this occafion ) I believe they might ...
... best of thofe Verfes , ( as that on the Idleness of Bufines ; on Ignorance ; on Laziness , & c . ) to make the Method and Numbers exact , and avoid Repetitions ? For tho ( upon reading ' em on this occafion ) I believe they might ...
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affure againſt almoſt anfwer becauſe befides beft beſt call'd cauſe converfation cou'd Dear Sir deferve defign defire eafy efteem Expreffion fafe faid fame favour feems feen felf felves fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak Friend friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fure give good-natur'd happineſs himſelf Homer honeft honour hope houſe juft juſt kindneſs Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Letter Lord Lord Burlington Mifcellanies moft moſt Mufes muft muſt myſelf never obferve oblig'd occafion opinion Paftoral Perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet Poetry poffible POPE Pray prefent publick reaſon receiv'd refpect reft ſelf Senfe ſhall tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro Town Tranflation Twickenham Verfes vifit Whig whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh wou'd writ write Wycherley
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Seite 87 - Lordship may cause 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 27 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
Seite 73 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Seite 197 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. I conformed...
Seite 209 - Welcome to your native soil, welcome to your friends, thrice welcome to me, whether returned in glory, blest with court interest, the love and familiarity of the great, and filled with agreeable hopes ; or melancholy with dejection, contemplative of the changes of fortune, and doubtful for the future. Whether returned a triumphant Whig or a...
Seite 126 - The fields in the northern side are divided by hedgerows of myrtle. Several fountains and rivulets add to the beauty of this landscape, which is likewise set off by the variety of some barren spots, and naked rocks.
Seite 125 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Seite 165 - I KNOW of nothing that will be so interesting to you at present, as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet, and our friend, Wycherley. He had often told me, as I doubt not he did all his acquaintance, that he would marry as soon as his life was despaired of. Accordingly, a few days before his death, he underwent the ceremony, and joined together those two sacraments which, wise men say, should be the last we receive ; for, if you...
Seite 65 - People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.
Seite 211 - ... went. We are now at the Bath, where (if you are not, as I heartily hope, better engaged) your coming would be the greatest pleasure to us in the world.