The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... favour . As it is not to Vanity but to Friendship that he in- tends this Monument , he would fave his enemies the mortification of fhowing any further how well their Betters have thought of him : and at the fame time a 2 fecure fecure ...
... favour . As it is not to Vanity but to Friendship that he in- tends this Monument , he would fave his enemies the mortification of fhowing any further how well their Betters have thought of him : and at the fame time a 2 fecure fecure ...
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... favour , that a debtor may be an honest man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I fhould be less just to you , the more I thought I could make a return to fo much profuseness of Wit and Humanity together ...
... favour , that a debtor may be an honest man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I fhould be less just to you , the more I thought I could make a return to fo much profuseness of Wit and Humanity together ...
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... favoured me with ; which I therefore think the best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the ...
... favoured me with ; which I therefore think the best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the ...
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Alexander Pope. man can give fo young , fo great , and able a favour- ite of theirs , jealoufy . I am , in my enquiry , like old Sir Bernard Gascoign , who used to say , that when he was grown too old to have his vifits admit- ted alone ...
Alexander Pope. man can give fo young , fo great , and able a favour- ite of theirs , jealoufy . I am , in my enquiry , like old Sir Bernard Gascoign , who used to say , that when he was grown too old to have his vifits admit- ted alone ...
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... favour , acquit him of the debt : but that shall not ferve your turn ; I will al- ways own , ' tis my infallible Pope has , or would re- deem me from a poetical damning , the second time ; and fave my rhimes from being condemn'd to the ...
... favour , acquit him of the debt : but that shall not ferve your turn ; I will al- ways own , ' tis my infallible Pope has , or would re- deem me from a poetical damning , the second time ; and fave my rhimes from being condemn'd to the ...
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Pasajes populares
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...