The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years , and the advantage of fuch friendships . VII . Against Compliment . VIII . An account of the duller fort of Country Gen- tlemen , and Country Life . IX . From ...
... reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years , and the advantage of fuch friendships . VII . Against Compliment . VIII . An account of the duller fort of Country Gen- tlemen , and Country Life . IX . From ...
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... reasons for my own ftay here , but I wish I could give you any for your coming hither , except that I earneftly invite you . And yet I can't help faying I have fuffered a great deal of difcontent that you do not come , tho ' I fo little ...
... reasons for my own ftay here , but I wish I could give you any for your coming hither , except that I earneftly invite you . And yet I can't help faying I have fuffered a great deal of difcontent that you do not come , tho ' I fo little ...
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... reasons of ftate . Infomuch that the lower houses , I mean the play - houfes , are going to act tragedies on one another without doors , and the Sovereign is put to it ( as it often happens in the other two houses ) to filence one or ...
... reasons of ftate . Infomuch that the lower houses , I mean the play - houfes , are going to act tragedies on one another without doors , and the Sovereign is put to it ( as it often happens in the other two houses ) to filence one or ...
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... reason to doubt them : but I hope your judgment will fet me right . I would beg your opinion too as to another point : it is , how far the liberty of borrowing may extend ? I have defended it fometimes by faying , that it feems not so ...
... reason to doubt them : but I hope your judgment will fet me right . I would beg your opinion too as to another point : it is , how far the liberty of borrowing may extend ? I have defended it fometimes by faying , that it feems not so ...
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... reason , but because the confequence of this machine appears not till the fecond book . ) The translation goes on from thence to the words Hic vero ambobus rabiem fortuna cruentam , where there is an odd account of a battle at fifty ...
... reason , but because the confequence of this machine appears not till the fecond book . ) The translation goes on from thence to the words Hic vero ambobus rabiem fortuna cruentam , where there is an odd account of a battle at fifty ...
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Страница 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.
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 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.
Страница 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...
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 184 - I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. When I reflect what an...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.