The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Τόμος 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... best way of fhewing 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 Yours , & c . LET- LETTER III . March 25 ...
... best way of fhewing 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 Yours , & c . LET- LETTER III . March 25 ...
Σελίδα 5
... pliment , which is at best but the fmoke of friend- fhip . I neither write , nor converfe with you , to * His Paftorals , written at fixteen years of age . B 3 gain gain your praife , but your Affection . Be fo FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 5.
... pliment , which is at best but the fmoke of friend- fhip . I neither write , nor converfe with you , to * His Paftorals , written at fixteen years of age . B 3 gain gain your praife , but your Affection . Be fo FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 5.
Σελίδα 7
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the best ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more enter- taining ...
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the best ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more enter- taining ...
Σελίδα 8
... , which might make me wifer and happier . I know ' tis the general opinion , that friendship is best contracted betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much intereft to be of another mind , that 8 LETTERS TO AND.
... , which might make me wifer and happier . I know ' tis the general opinion , that friendship is best contracted betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much intereft to be of another mind , that 8 LETTERS TO AND.
Σελίδα 11
... best way both to quiet them , and secure 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 could be heartily glad that all you ...
... best way both to quiet them , and secure 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 could be heartily glad that all you ...
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Æneid affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft believe beſt cauſe converfation Correfpondence critics defign defire eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatire fatisfaction favour feems felf fend fenfe fent ferve feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure give happineſs himſelf Homer hope juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope praiſe Pray prefent Priam printed profe publiſhed reafon receiv'd reft Sappho ſay ſee ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe wifh WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
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Σελίδα 69 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Σελίδα 190 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Σελίδα 190 - 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.
Σελίδα 189 - I should myself be much better pleased, if I were told you called me your little friend, than if you complimented me with the title of a great genius, or an eminent hand, as Jacob does all his authors.
Σελίδα 244 - Don't you design to let him pass a year at Oxford ? "To what purpose? (said he) the Universities do but make Pedants, and I intend to breed him a man of business.
Σελίδα 244 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
Σελίδα 214 - ... 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.
Σελίδα 236 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Σελίδα 132 - Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
Σελίδα 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...