The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... honour will do me the right , of own- ing by a line that I came honestly by them . I flat- ter myself , in a few months I fhall again be visible to the world ; and whenever thro ' good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall ...
... honour will do me the right , of own- ing by a line that I came honestly by them . I flat- ter myself , in a few months I fhall again be visible to the world ; and whenever thro ' good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall ...
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... honour ; even to look into them already opened or accidentally dropt , is held an un- generous , if not an immoral Act . What then can be thought of the procuring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them merely for lucre ? We cannot ...
... honour ; even to look into them already opened or accidentally dropt , is held an un- generous , if not an immoral Act . What then can be thought of the procuring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them merely for lucre ? We cannot ...
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... honour or dishonour even to me , much less to Mr. Dryden . I agree with you , that whatever leffer * When a very young Boy , he prevailed with a friend to carry him to a Coffee - houfe which Dryden frequented ; where he had the ...
... honour or dishonour even to me , much less to Mr. Dryden . I agree with you , that whatever leffer * When a very young Boy , he prevailed with a friend to carry him to a Coffee - houfe which Dryden frequented ; where he had the ...
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... honour ? you said ten times as much before , when you call'd me your friend . After having made me believe I poffefs'd a fhare in your affection , to treat me with compliments and fweet fayings , is like the proceeding with poor Sancho ...
... honour ? you said ten times as much before , when you call'd me your friend . After having made me believe I poffefs'd a fhare in your affection , to treat me with compliments and fweet fayings , is like the proceeding with poor Sancho ...
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... honour'd only to their fhame : but her artful innocence ( on the contrary ) will gain more honour as fhe becomes public ; and , in spite of custom , will bring modesty again into fashion , or at least make her fister - rivals of this ...
... honour'd only to their fhame : but her artful innocence ( on the contrary ) will gain more honour as fhe becomes public ; and , in spite of custom , will bring modesty again into fashion , or at least make her fister - rivals of this ...
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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...