The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... expect- ing an answer , fent a young man to me , whofe name , it 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 ...
... expect- ing an answer , fent a young man to me , whofe name , it 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 ...
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... expect a mark of his kindness from him , tho ' it were but his curry - comb . But you and I will difpute this matter when I am so happy as to fee you here ; and perhaps ' tis the only difpute in which I might hope to have the better of ...
... expect a mark of his kindness from him , tho ' it were but his curry - comb . But you and I will difpute this matter when I am so happy as to fee you here ; and perhaps ' tis the only difpute in which I might hope to have the better of ...
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... expect acknowledgments for trifles : which upon my faith I fhall equally take amifs , whether made to myself , or any other . For God's fake ( my dear friend ) think better of me , and believe I defire no fort of favour fo much , as ...
... expect acknowledgments for trifles : which upon my faith I fhall equally take amifs , whether made to myself , or any other . For God's fake ( my dear friend ) think better of me , and believe I defire no fort of favour fo much , as ...
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... expect me to recant this expref- fion , when I tell you that Sappho ( by which heathen- ifh name you have chriften'd a very orthodox Lady ) did not accompany me into the Country . Well , you have your Lady in the Town ftill , and I have ...
... expect me to recant this expref- fion , when I tell you that Sappho ( by which heathen- ifh name you have chriften'd a very orthodox Lady ) did not accompany me into the Country . Well , you have your Lady in the Town ftill , and I have ...
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... expect you fhould congratulate with me : It is that , beyond all my ex- pectations , and far above my demerits , I have been moft mercifully repriev'd by the fovereign power of Jacob Tonfon , from being brought forth to public ...
... expect you fhould congratulate with me : It is that , beyond all my ex- pectations , and far above my demerits , I have been moft mercifully repriev'd by the fovereign power of Jacob Tonfon , from being brought forth to public ...
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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...