The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... faults : Spots and blemishes , you know , are never fo plainly discovered as in the brightest funshine . Thus I am mortified by thofe commendations which were defigned to encourage me : for praise to a young wit , is like rain to a ten ...
... faults : Spots and blemishes , you know , are never fo plainly discovered as in the brightest funshine . Thus I am mortified by thofe commendations which were defigned to encourage me : for praise to a young wit , is like rain to a ten ...
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... faults , if not as a young Man , at least as an un- experienced Writer . I am , & c . LETTER IV . From Mr. WYCHERLEY . March 29 , 1705 . You OUR letter of the twenty - fifth of March I have received , which was more welcome to me than ...
... faults , if not as a young Man , at least as an un- experienced Writer . I am , & c . LETTER IV . From Mr. WYCHERLEY . March 29 , 1705 . You OUR letter of the twenty - fifth of March I have received , which was more welcome to me than ...
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... faults , than the con- firmation of his follies . If you would make those the fubject of a letter , it might be as long as I could wifh your letters always were . I do not wonder you have hitherto found some difficulty ( as you are ...
... faults , than the con- firmation of his follies . If you would make those the fubject of a letter , it might be as long as I could wifh your letters always were . I do not wonder you have hitherto found some difficulty ( as you are ...
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... fault with the fhortnefs of mine , which I think the best excufe for it : And tho ' they ( as you fay ) who have most wit or money are most sparing of either ; there are some who appear poor to be thought rich , and are poor , which is ...
... fault with the fhortnefs of mine , which I think the best excufe for it : And tho ' they ( as you fay ) who have most wit or money are most sparing of either ; there are some who appear poor to be thought rich , and are poor , which is ...
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... fault with his faults , and mending them by your obliging feverity . I hope ( in point of your good - nature ) you will have no cruel charity for thofe papers of mine , you are fo willing to be troubled with ; which I take most in ...
... fault with his faults , and mending them by your obliging feverity . I hope ( in point of your good - nature ) you will have no cruel charity for thofe papers of mine , you are fo willing to be troubled with ; which I take most in ...
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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...