The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Τόμος 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Σελίδα vii
... mind . I could not make proteftations of my innocence of a grievous crime ; but I was impatient till I came to town , that I might fend you thofe Letters , as a clear evidence that I was a perfect ftranger to all their proceeding ...
... mind . I could not make proteftations of my innocence of a grievous crime ; but I was impatient till I came to town , that I might fend you thofe Letters , as a clear evidence that I was a perfect ftranger to all their proceeding ...
Σελίδα 5
... mind of bestowing another . The more favourable you are to me , the more di- ftinctly I fee my faults : Spots and blemishes , you know , are never fo plainly difcovered as in the brightest funshine . Thus I am mortified by thofe ...
... mind of bestowing another . The more favourable you are to me , the more di- ftinctly I fee my faults : Spots and blemishes , you know , are never fo plainly difcovered as in the brightest funshine . Thus I am mortified by thofe ...
Σελίδα 8
... ments , 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.
... ments , 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 9
Alexander Pope. fo much intereft to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I cannot forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion . In the first place ' tis obfervable , that the love we bear to our ...
Alexander Pope. fo much intereft to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I cannot forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion . In the first place ' tis obfervable , that the love we bear to our ...
Σελίδα 13
... want of my company ; but if you have a mind to punish me for my fault ( which I could not help ) defer your coming to town , and you will do it ef- fectually . to my fectually . But I know your charity always FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 13.
... want of my company ; but if you have a mind to punish me for my fault ( which I could not help ) defer your coming to town , and you will do it ef- fectually . to my fectually . But I know your charity always FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 13.
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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...