The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volumen 81806 |
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Página xvii
... state of Wit at that time XXIII . On the fame fubject . The death of Wilks the player Verfes on the Hermitage at Richmond , etc. XXIV . From Mr. Gay . His ill ftate of health . His opinion of writing Panegyric XXV . From Mr. Cleland to ...
... state of Wit at that time XXIII . On the fame fubject . The death of Wilks the player Verfes on the Hermitage at Richmond , etc. XXIV . From Mr. Gay . His ill ftate of health . His opinion of writing Panegyric XXV . From Mr. Cleland to ...
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... state of our nation fince this change ; I find myfelf juft in the fame fituation of mind you describe as your own , heartily wifhing the good , that is , the quiet of my Country , and hoping a total end of all the unhappy divifions of ...
... state of our nation fince this change ; I find myfelf juft in the fame fituation of mind you describe as your own , heartily wifhing the good , that is , the quiet of my Country , and hoping a total end of all the unhappy divifions of ...
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... state of parties in this country . At the fame time , alfo , Pope recommended to him , as another good fubject for the Drama , the Story of Mary Queen of Scots ; " Which , if I undertake , " faid Rowe , " I will by no means introduce ...
... state of parties in this country . At the fame time , alfo , Pope recommended to him , as another good fubject for the Drama , the Story of Mary Queen of Scots ; " Which , if I undertake , " faid Rowe , " I will by no means introduce ...
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... state of fouls fhall be , but to be doing what may make our own ftate happy ; we can- not be knowing , but we can be virtuous . If this be my notion of a great part of that high fcience , Divinity , you will be fo civil as to imagine I ...
... state of fouls fhall be , but to be doing what may make our own ftate happy ; we can- not be knowing , but we can be virtuous . If this be my notion of a great part of that high fcience , Divinity , you will be fo civil as to imagine I ...
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... state of refig- nation , which is the effect of long life , and the lofs of what is dear to us . We are really each of us in want of a friend , of fuch an humane turn as yourself , to make almost any thing defirable to us . defirable to ...
... state of refig- nation , which is the effect of long life , and the lofs of what is dear to us . We are really each of us in want of a friend , of fuch an humane turn as yourself , to make almost any thing defirable to us . defirable to ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adieu affure againſt almoſt alſo anſwer Atterbury becauſe beſt BISHOP OF ROCHESTER Blount buſineſs cauſe circumftance converfation dear Sir death defire Digby Duchefs EDWARD BLOUNT elſe eſteem exprefs faid fame fatire fatisfaction feems fend fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fhould fifter fince fincere firſt fome fomething foon fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure Gorboduc greateſt happineſs himſelf Homer honour hope houſe illneſs juft juſt kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs LETTER live lofs Lord Lord Bolingbroke mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferved occafion paffed perfon pleaſed pleaſure Pope Pope's prefent publiſhed reaſon refpect ROBERT DIGBY ſay ſee ſeem ſhall ſhe Sherborne ſome ſtate ſtill Tadlow tafte taſte tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion town Tranflation Twickenham underſtand uſe Verfes verſes vifit WARBURTON WARTON whoſe wifh wiſh write yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 29 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Página 1 - I know of nothing that will be so interesting to you, at present, as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet, and our friend, Wycherley. He had often told me, as, I doubt not, he did all his acquaintance, that he would marry, as soon as his life was despaired of: accordingly, a few days before his death, he underwent the ceremony, and joined together those two sacraments, which, wise men say, should be the last we receive...
Página 2 - I saw our friend twice after this was done, less peevish in his sickness than he used to be in his health; neither much afraid of dying, nor (which in him had been more likely) much ashamed of marrying. The evening before he expired he called his young wife to the bedside, and earnestly entreated her not to deny him one request, the last he should make.
Página 144 - Remember it was at such a time, that the greatest lights of antiquity dazzled and blazed the most, in their retreat, in their exile, or in their death : but why do I talk of dazzling or blazing ? it was then that they did good, that they gave light, and that they became guides to mankind.
Página 3 - So trivial as these circumstances are, I should not be displeased myself to know such trifles, when they concern or characterise any eminent person. The wisest and wittiest of men are seldom wiser or wittier than others in these sober moments: At least our friend ended much in the character he had lived in : And Horace's rule for a play, may as well be applied to him as a play-wright, Servetur ad imum Quails ab inceptu processerit, et sibi constet.
Página 353 - I have at length received your poem out of Mr. Addison's hands, which shall be sent as soon as you order it, and in what manner you shall appoint. I shall, in the mean time, give Mr. Tooke a packet for you, consisting...
Página 168 - Pardon me if I add a word of advice in the poetical way. Write something on the King, or Prince, or Princess.
Página 172 - It was but this very morning that he had obtained her parents' consent, and it was but till the next week that they were to wait to be happy. Perhaps...
Página 136 - It never can me, who have loved and valued you ever since I knew you, and shall not fail to do it when I am not allowed to tell you so, as the case will soon be.
Página 107 - Spencer ; and I will take care to make good in every respect what I said to him when living ; particularly as to the triplet he wrote for his own epitaph ; which, while we were in good terms, I promised him should never appear on his tomb while I was dean of Westminster.