The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Σελίδα vii
... defign : but as people in great ftraits , bring forth their hoards of old gold and moft valued jewels ; fo Sappho had recourse to her hid treasure of Letters , and played off not only your's to me , but all those to herself ( as the ...
... defign : but as people in great ftraits , bring forth their hoards of old gold and moft valued jewels ; fo Sappho had recourse to her hid treasure of Letters , and played off not only your's to me , but all those to herself ( as the ...
Σελίδα 8
... defign is to encourage me . But I feparate from all the reft that paragraph or two , in which you make me fo warm an offer of your Friendship . Were I poffeffed of that , it would put an end to all those fpeeches with which you now make ...
... defign is to encourage me . But I feparate from all the reft that paragraph or two , in which you make me fo warm an offer of your Friendship . Were I poffeffed of that , it would put an end to all those fpeeches with which you now make ...
Σελίδα 9
... defign upon others . Now , as a young man who is lefs acquaint- ed with the ways of the world , has in all probability lefs of intereft ; and an old man , who may be weary of himself , has , or should have lefs of felf - love ; fo the ...
... defign upon others . Now , as a young man who is lefs acquaint- ed with the ways of the world , has in all probability lefs of intereft ; and an old man , who may be weary of himself , has , or should have lefs of felf - love ; fo the ...
Σελίδα 15
... defign'd to leave * The fame which was printed in the year 1717 , in a mifcellany of Bern . Lintot's , and in the pofthumous works of Mr. Wycherley . P. with you fome more of my papers , ( fince with FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 15.
... defign'd to leave * The fame which was printed in the year 1717 , in a mifcellany of Bern . Lintot's , and in the pofthumous works of Mr. Wycherley . P. with you fome more of my papers , ( fince with FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 15.
Σελίδα 21
... defign of publishing any poems . P. Thefe two fimiles of the Biafs of a Bowl , and the Weights of a Clock were at length put into the first book of the Dunciad . And thus we have the hiftory of their birth , fortunes , and final ...
... defign of publishing any poems . P. Thefe two fimiles of the Biafs of a Bowl , and the Weights of a Clock were at length put into the first book of the Dunciad . And thus we have the hiftory of their birth , fortunes , and final ...
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Σελίδα 70 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
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 245 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
Σελίδα 185 - I confess, I cannot apprehend where lies the trifling in all this : it is the most natural and obvious reflection imaginable to a dying man : and, if we...
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 184 - I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. When I reflect what an...
Σελίδα 182 - ... 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.
Σελίδα 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing within the compass of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a most romantic confusion.
Σελίδα 132 - L. walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the King, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain all alone under the garden wall.