The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... nature , as the Law ( which does not punifh for In- tentions ) cannot prevent ; and when done , may pu- nifh , but not redrefs . You are therefore reduced , either to enter into a perfonal treaty with fuch a man ( which tho ' the ...
... nature , as the Law ( which does not punifh for In- tentions ) cannot prevent ; and when done , may pu- nifh , but not redrefs . You are therefore reduced , either to enter into a perfonal treaty with fuch a man ( which tho ' the ...
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... natural inclination to carrion : and tho ' fuch poor writers as I are but beggars , no beggar is fo poor but he can keep a cur , and no au- thor is fo beggarly but he can keep a critic . I am far from thinking the attacks of fuch people ...
... natural inclination to carrion : and tho ' fuch poor writers as I are but beggars , no beggar is fo poor but he can keep a cur , and no au- thor is fo beggarly but he can keep a critic . I am far from thinking the attacks of fuch people ...
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... nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions t ) will have This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in general . + Mr. Locke had given a better . But his Effay was a work our young Poet did not then relish ...
... nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions t ) will have This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in general . + Mr. Locke had given a better . But his Effay was a work our young Poet did not then relish ...
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... nature too . As for my green effays , if you find any pleasure in them , it must be fuch as a man naturally takes in obferving the first shoots and buddings of a tree which he has raised himself and ' tis impoffible they fhould be ...
... nature too . As for my green effays , if you find any pleasure in them , it must be fuch as a man naturally takes in obferving the first shoots and buddings of a tree which he has raised himself and ' tis impoffible they fhould be ...
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... - ftructive state of life . We fee nothing more com- monly , than men , who for the fake of the circum- ftantial part and mere outside of life , have been half their 3 their days rambling out of their nature , and ought 124 LETTERS TO AND.
... - ftructive state of life . We fee nothing more com- monly , than men , who for the fake of the circum- ftantial part and mere outside of life , have been half their 3 their days rambling out of their nature , and ought 124 LETTERS TO AND.
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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...