The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... line that I came honeftly by them . I flat- ter myself , in a few months I fhall again be vifible . to the world ; and whenever thro ' good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall joyfully acquaint you with it , there being none ...
... line that I came honeftly by them . I flat- ter myself , in a few months I fhall again be vifible . to the world ; and whenever thro ' good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall joyfully acquaint you with it , there being none ...
Σελίδα 17
... lines , very eafy to be dif tinguished , may be found in the Pofthumous Editions of Wycherley's Poems : particularly in thofe on Solitude , on the Public , and on the Mixed life . VOL . VII . C LET LETTER XII . From Mr. WYCHERLEY . Nov ...
... lines , very eafy to be dif tinguished , may be found in the Pofthumous Editions of Wycherley's Poems : particularly in thofe on Solitude , on the Public , and on the Mixed life . VOL . VII . C LET LETTER XII . From Mr. WYCHERLEY . Nov ...
Σελίδα 18
... lines , but my life . As to the damn'd verses I entrusted you with , I hope you will let them undergo your purgatory , to fave them from other people's damning them : fince the critics , who are generally the first damn'd in this life ...
... lines , but my life . As to the damn'd verses I entrusted you with , I hope you will let them undergo your purgatory , to fave them from other people's damning them : fince the critics , who are generally the first damn'd in this life ...
Σελίδα 20
... lines are these : " Thus Dulnefs , the fafe opiate of the mind , " The laft kind refuge weary wit can find ; " Fit for all ftations , and in each content , " Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; " No pains it takes , and no offence it ...
... lines are these : " Thus Dulnefs , the fafe opiate of the mind , " The laft kind refuge weary wit can find ; " Fit for all ftations , and in each content , " Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; " No pains it takes , and no offence it ...
Σελίδα 31
... lines ; which is like the Spaniards paying a debt of gold with a load of brafs money . be a plain dealer , I muft tell you , I will revenge the raillery of your letters by printing them as Dennis But to did mine ) without your knowledge ...
... lines ; which is like the Spaniards paying a debt of gold with a load of brafs money . be a plain dealer , I muft tell you , I will revenge the raillery of your letters by printing them as Dennis But to did mine ) without your knowledge ...
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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.