The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... set up with fo great a ftock of good fenfe , judgment , and wit , that your judgment en- fures all that your wit ventures at . The falt of your wit has been enough to give a relish to the whole infipid hotch - potch it is mingled with ...
... set up with fo great a ftock of good fenfe , judgment , and wit , that your judgment en- fures all that your wit ventures at . The falt of your wit has been enough to give a relish to the whole infipid hotch - potch it is mingled with ...
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... set down what came uppermoft . A reader may skim off the froth , and use the clear under- neath ; but if he goes too deep will meet with a mouthful of dregs ; either the top or bottom of him are good for little , but what he did in his ...
... set down what came uppermoft . A reader may skim off the froth , and use the clear under- neath ; but if he goes too deep will meet with a mouthful of dregs ; either the top or bottom of him are good for little , but what he did in his ...
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... set up , provided you were to travel no farther than you could carry it . The court of Vienna is very edifying . The la- dies , with respect to their hufbands , feem to under- ftand that text literally , that commands to bear one At ...
... set up , provided you were to travel no farther than you could carry it . The court of Vienna is very edifying . The la- dies , with respect to their hufbands , feem to under- ftand that text literally , that commands to bear one At ...
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... till death , in every fentiment or notion I now set down , than you would imagine a man's face fhould never change when once his picture was drawn . The The freedom I fhall ufe in this manner of think- 140 LETTERS TO.
... till death , in every fentiment or notion I now set down , than you would imagine a man's face fhould never change when once his picture was drawn . The The freedom I fhall ufe in this manner of think- 140 LETTERS TO.
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... set be- tween an easy fortune and a small one . It is indeed a high ftrain of generofity in you , to think of mak- ing me eafy all my life , only because I have been fo happy as to divert you fome few hours : but if I may have leave to ...
... set be- tween an easy fortune and a small one . It is indeed a high ftrain of generofity in you , to think of mak- ing me eafy all my life , only because I have been fo happy as to divert you fome few hours : but if I may have leave to ...
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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...