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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... wou'd have oblig'd you to refuse , what you wou'd not be difpleas'd with , if done without your knowledge : And befides to end all difpute , you had been pleas'd to make me a free gift of them , to do what I pleas'd with them : and ...
... wou'd have oblig'd you to refuse , what you wou'd not be difpleas'd with , if done without your knowledge : And befides to end all difpute , you had been pleas'd to make me a free gift of them , to do what I pleas'd with them : and ...
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... wou'd with ' em , is ftrain- ing the point too far : I thought not of it ; nor do I think he did then : But fevere Neceffity , which catches hold of a Twig , has produc'd all this ; which has lain hid , and forgot by me , fo many years ...
... wou'd with ' em , is ftrain- ing the point too far : I thought not of it ; nor do I think he did then : But fevere Neceffity , which catches hold of a Twig , has produc'd all this ; which has lain hid , and forgot by me , fo many years ...
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... wou'd be to disoblige you ; for whom I have ever preferv'd the greatest esteem , and shall ever be , Sir , Your faithful Friend , and moft humble Servant , HENRY CROMWELL . TH To Mr. POPE . August 1 , 1727 . HO ' I writ my long ...
... wou'd be to disoblige you ; for whom I have ever preferv'd the greatest esteem , and shall ever be , Sir , Your faithful Friend , and moft humble Servant , HENRY CROMWELL . TH To Mr. POPE . August 1 , 1727 . HO ' I writ my long ...
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... wou'd not have been half fo fweet to others , if it had not been for its Smoak ; fo Friendship like Love , cannot be without fome Incense , to perfume the Name it wou'd praife and immortalize . But fince you fay you do not write to me ...
... wou'd not have been half fo fweet to others , if it had not been for its Smoak ; fo Friendship like Love , cannot be without fome Incense , to perfume the Name it wou'd praife and immortalize . But fince you fay you do not write to me ...
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... Good a little Truth might do , spoken in fuch feafons . A very fmall Alms will do a great kindness , to people in extream neceffity .. I could I could name an acquaintance of yours who wou'd at Mr. WYCHERLEY and Mr. POPE . 13.
... Good a little Truth might do , spoken in fuch feafons . A very fmall Alms will do a great kindness , to people in extream neceffity .. I could I could name an acquaintance of yours who wou'd at Mr. WYCHERLEY and Mr. POPE . 13.
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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.