The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... never feen these Letters of Curll's , nor would go to his fhop about them ; I have not seen this Sappho alias E. T. thefe seven years . Her writing , That I gave her ' em , to do what I would with ' em , is ftraining the point too far ...
... never feen these Letters of Curll's , nor would go to his fhop about them ; I have not seen this Sappho alias E. T. thefe seven years . Her writing , That I gave her ' em , to do what I would with ' em , is ftraining the point too far ...
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... never kept copies , were preserved ; and to the malice of the latter , that they were produced in this manner . He had been very difagreeably ufed , in the pub- lication of fome Letters written in his youth , which fell into the hands ...
... never kept copies , were preserved ; and to the malice of the latter , that they were produced in this manner . He had been very difagreeably ufed , in the pub- lication of fome Letters written in his youth , which fell into the hands ...
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... never writ , and addreffed to perfons to whom they were never written * ; counterfeited as from bishop Atterbury to him , which neither that bishop nor he ever faw + ; and advertized even after that period when it was made felony to ...
... never writ , and addreffed to perfons to whom they were never written * ; counterfeited as from bishop Atterbury to him , which neither that bishop nor he ever faw + ; and advertized even after that period when it was made felony to ...
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... never be put to the blush , this way at leaft , for their partiality to him . But however this Collection may be received , we cannot but lament the Caufe , and the Necefity of fuch a publication , and heartily with no honeft man may be ...
... never be put to the blush , this way at leaft , for their partiality to him . But however this Collection may be received , we cannot but lament the Caufe , and the Necefity of fuch a publication , and heartily with no honeft man may be ...
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... never very troublesome but in the finest and most glorious fea- fon ; for his fire , like the fun's , fhined clearest to- wards its fetting . You must not therefore imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above those ...
... never very troublesome but in the finest and most glorious fea- fon ; for his fire , like the fun's , fhined clearest to- wards its fetting . You must not therefore imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above those ...
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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...