The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Том 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above those Critics , I was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be fo humble as to think myself quite be- low their notice . For critics , as they are birds of prey ...
... imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above those Critics , I was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be fo humble as to think myself quite be- low their notice . For critics , as they are birds of prey ...
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... imagine from hence that I would decline any part of this task ; on the contrary you know , I have been at the pains of tranfcribing fome pieces , at once to comply with your defire of not defacing the copy , and yet to lofe no time in ...
... imagine from hence that I would decline any part of this task ; on the contrary you know , I have been at the pains of tranfcribing fome pieces , at once to comply with your defire of not defacing the copy , and yet to lofe no time in ...
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... imagine them fo , and inquifitive enough to discover thofe faults which I ( by your help ) would correct . I therefore beg the favour of you to let them go no farther than your chamber , and to be very free of your remarks in the ...
... imagine them fo , and inquifitive enough to discover thofe faults which I ( by your help ) would correct . I therefore beg the favour of you to let them go no farther than your chamber , and to be very free of your remarks in the ...
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... imagine that it was a fort of Rondeau which the Gallick foldiers fung in Cæfar's triumph over Gaul - Gallias Cafar fubegit , & c . as it is recorded by Suetonius in Julio , and fo derive its original from the ancient Gauls to the mo ...
... imagine that it was a fort of Rondeau which the Gallick foldiers fung in Cæfar's triumph over Gaul - Gallias Cafar fubegit , & c . as it is recorded by Suetonius in Julio , and fo derive its original from the ancient Gauls to the mo ...
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... imagine others entertain some esteem for their abilities , they often expofe all their imperfections and foolish works , to the difparagement of the little wit they were thought mafters of . I am going to exemplify this to you , in ...
... imagine others entertain some esteem for their abilities , they often expofe all their imperfections and foolish works , to the difparagement of the little wit they were thought mafters of . I am going to exemplify this to you , in ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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?
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 236 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Страница 132 - Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
Страница 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...