| Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 страници
...friends, and read what books I please : Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend. I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers ; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 страници
...friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend. I was not born for courts or great affairs; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers ; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. Why am I... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 страници
...friends, and read what books I please : Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend. I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers ; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 страници
...friends, and read what books I please : Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend. I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead. • 270... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 802 страници
...are apparently quite justified by the facts. But what are we to say to such a passage as this ? — I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers ; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. Admitting... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1874 - 418 страници
...are apparently quite justified by the facts. But what are we to say to such a passage as this ? — I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers ; ' Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. Admitting... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 страници
...are apparently quite justified by the facts. But whyit are we to say to such a passage as this ? — I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers ; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. Admitting... | |
| Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 страници
...friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend. I was not born for courts or great affairs; I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead. O friend!... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 страници
...man, with God he pass'd the days; Pray'r all his business, all his pleasure praise. PARNELL: Hermit. I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers. POPE. Nor pray'rs nor fasts its stubborn pulse restrain : Nor tears, for ages taught... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 страници
...friends, and read what books I please : Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister ( say my prayers ; Can sleep without a poem in my head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead. Why am... | |
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