The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Τόμος 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Σελίδα 3
... juft debts , to their beft and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions ‡ ) will have * This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in ...
... juft debts , to their beft and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions ‡ ) will have * This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in ...
Σελίδα 7
... juft praises I give you , by which you lay claim to more , as a bishop gains his bishopric by faying he will not epifcopate ; but I must confefs , whilst I difplease you by commending you , I please myself : juft as incenfe is fweeter ...
... juft praises I give you , by which you lay claim to more , as a bishop gains his bishopric by faying he will not epifcopate ; but I must confefs , whilst I difplease you by commending you , I please myself : juft as incenfe is fweeter ...
Σελίδα 48
... juft . For you are certainly in the right , that in all writings whatsoever ( not poetry only ) nature is to be fol- low'd ; and we should be jealous of ourselves for be- ing fond of Similies , Conceits , and what they call faying fine ...
... juft . For you are certainly in the right , that in all writings whatsoever ( not poetry only ) nature is to be fol- low'd ; and we should be jealous of ourselves for be- ing fond of Similies , Conceits , and what they call faying fine ...
Σελίδα 49
... when the reader is informed that it was made on the Earl of Peterborow , juft before the glorious campaigns of Barcelona and Valentia . VOL . VII . E P. 1. It 1. It is not enough that nothing offends the ear FROM W. WALSH , Esq . 49.
... when the reader is informed that it was made on the Earl of Peterborow , juft before the glorious campaigns of Barcelona and Valentia . VOL . VII . E P. 1. It 1. It is not enough that nothing offends the ear FROM W. WALSH , Esq . 49.
Σελίδα 51
... to be parti- cular ) I think the rule in this cafe is either to use the Cæfura , or admit the Hiatus , juft as the ear is leaft E 2 fhock'd fhock'd by either : For the Cæfura fometimes offends the FROM W. WALSH , ESQ . 51.
... to be parti- cular ) I think the rule in this cafe is either to use the Cæfura , or admit the Hiatus , juft as the ear is leaft E 2 fhock'd fhock'd by either : For the Cæfura fometimes offends the FROM W. WALSH , ESQ . 51.
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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...