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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... hand , or amuse- ments on the other , it fhall be my fortune to fall into , I fhall be equally incapable of forgetting you in * Edward Blount , of a Catholic family , chiefly refident at Maple - Durham , near Reading in Berkshire ...
... hand , or amuse- ments on the other , it fhall be my fortune to fall into , I fhall be equally incapable of forgetting you in * Edward Blount , of a Catholic family , chiefly refident at Maple - Durham , near Reading in Berkshire ...
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... real fituation of the ground . " These remarks are more valuable , be- cause they were made by an accurate obferver , on the spot , with Homer in his hand . WARTON . Greece , fince I looked upon two or three more 6 LETTERS TO AND.
... real fituation of the ground . " These remarks are more valuable , be- cause they were made by an accurate obferver , on the spot , with Homer in his hand . WARTON . Greece , fince I looked upon two or three more 6 LETTERS TO AND.
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... hand as yours . All lovers of Homer are indebted to you for taking fo much pains about the fituation of his Heroes ' kingdoms ; it will not only be of great ufe with regard to his works , but to all that read any of the Greek hiftorians ...
... hand as yours . All lovers of Homer are indebted to you for taking fo much pains about the fituation of his Heroes ' kingdoms ; it will not only be of great ufe with regard to his works , but to all that read any of the Greek hiftorians ...
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... hand , or unfeafonable and forced gaieties on the other . It is a kind of profanation of things facred , to treat fo folemn a matter as a generous voluntary suffering , with compliments , or heroic gal lantries . Such a mind as yours ...
... hand , or unfeafonable and forced gaieties on the other . It is a kind of profanation of things facred , to treat fo folemn a matter as a generous voluntary suffering , with compliments , or heroic gal lantries . Such a mind as yours ...
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... hands the miferies to come , from which he is juft going to be removed himself . Perhaps , * Probably some Catholic family , who had lost their support in confequence of the war . † A subscription among their Catholic friends , put ...
... hands the miferies to come , from which he is juft going to be removed himself . Perhaps , * Probably some Catholic family , who had lost their support in confequence of the war . † A subscription among their Catholic friends , put ...
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
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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.