The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... rest of the world . Nor has Mr. P. himself any great cause to think it much offence to his modesty , or reflection on his judgment ; when we take care to inform the public , that there are few Let- ters of his in this collection , which ...
... rest of the world . Nor has Mr. P. himself any great cause to think it much offence to his modesty , or reflection on his judgment ; when we take care to inform the public , that there are few Let- ters of his in this collection , which ...
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... rest of your letters ) at once pleas'd and inftructed me ; fo that , I affure you , you can no more write too much to your abfent friends , than speak too much to the prefent . This is a truth that all men own who have either feen your ...
... rest of your letters ) at once pleas'd and inftructed me ; fo that , I affure you , you can no more write too much to your abfent friends , than speak too much to the prefent . This is a truth that all men own who have either feen your ...
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... were at length put into the firft book of the Dunciad . And thus we have the hiftory of their birth , fortunes , and final establishment . C 3 like like all the rest of yours , did at once FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 21 ftorals thoughts.
... were at length put into the firft book of the Dunciad . And thus we have the hiftory of their birth , fortunes , and final establishment . C 3 like like all the rest of yours , did at once FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 21 ftorals thoughts.
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Alexander Pope. like all the rest of yours , did at once mortify me , and make me vain ; fince it tells me with fo much more wit , fenfe , and kindness than mine can ex- prefs , that my letters are always welcome to you . So that even ...
Alexander Pope. like all the rest of yours , did at once mortify me , and make me vain ; fince it tells me with fo much more wit , fenfe , and kindness than mine can ex- prefs , that my letters are always welcome to you . So that even ...
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... rest . This is evident every where in Homer and Vir gil , and no where elfe , that I know of , to any ob fervable degree . The following examples will make this plain , which I have taken from Vida . Molle viam tacito lapfu per levia ...
... rest . This is evident every where in Homer and Vir gil , and no where elfe , that I know of , to any ob fervable degree . The following examples will make this plain , which I have taken from Vida . Molle viam tacito lapfu per levia ...
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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...