The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... seems , is Pattifon . I told him I should not write any thing , but I believed it might be so as the writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former indifcretion in putting them into the hands of this Pretieufe , fhould ...
... seems , is Pattifon . I told him I should not write any thing , but I believed it might be so as the writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former indifcretion in putting them into the hands of this Pretieufe , fhould ...
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... seems not fo much the perfection of fenfe * , to fay things that had never been faid before , as to exprefs thofe best that have been faid ofteneft ; and that writers , in the case of borrowing from others , are like trees which of ...
... seems not fo much the perfection of fenfe * , to fay things that had never been faid before , as to exprefs thofe best that have been faid ofteneft ; and that writers , in the case of borrowing from others , are like trees which of ...
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... seem abfurd in the mouth of Priam , viz . He chear'd my forrows , and for fums of gold The bloodless carcase of my Hector fold . I am Your , & c . LETTER XVI . Give you thanks for the verfion July 20 , 1710 . you sent me of I Ovid's ...
... seem abfurd in the mouth of Priam , viz . He chear'd my forrows , and for fums of gold The bloodless carcase of my Hector fold . I am Your , & c . LETTER XVI . Give you thanks for the verfion July 20 , 1710 . you sent me of I Ovid's ...
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... seems to be agreeable enough . " Go then to the fhades , and " tell Achilles how I degenerate from him : " grant- ing the truth of what Priam had faid of the diffe- rence between them . Indeed Mr. Dryden's men- tioning here what Virgil ...
... seems to be agreeable enough . " Go then to the fhades , and " tell Achilles how I degenerate from him : " grant- ing the truth of what Priam had faid of the diffe- rence between them . Indeed Mr. Dryden's men- tioning here what Virgil ...
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... seems you are re- folv'd to take me for a critic , I would by no means be thought a commentator . - And for another reason too , because I have quite forgot both the verfe and the application . I hope it will be no offence to give my ...
... seems you are re- folv'd to take me for a critic , I would by no means be thought a commentator . - And for another reason too , because I have quite forgot both the verfe and the application . I hope it will be no offence to give my ...
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Página 67 - 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.
Página 188 - 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?
Página 130 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning ; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks ; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Página 240 - Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Página 67 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him 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 mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Página 212 - ... 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.
Página 132 - ... to the falls of cataracts below, and the murmuring of the winds above. The gloomy verdure of Stonor succeeded to these, and then the shades of the evening overtook me.
Página 67 - ... 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.
Página 72 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...