The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... truth might do , fpoken in fuch feasons . A fmall alms will do a great kindness , to people in extreme neceffity . I could name an acquaintance of yours , who would at this time think himself more obliged to you for the information of ...
... truth might do , fpoken in fuch feasons . A fmall alms will do a great kindness , to people in extreme neceffity . I could name an acquaintance of yours , who would at this time think himself more obliged to you for the information of ...
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... truth that all men own who have either feen your writings , or heard your discourse ; enough to make others fhow their judgment , in ceafing to write or talk , especially to you , or in your company . However , I fpeak or write to you ...
... truth that all men own who have either feen your writings , or heard your discourse ; enough to make others fhow their judgment , in ceafing to write or talk , especially to you , or in your company . However , I fpeak or write to you ...
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... truth , than at this distance with your compliment : fince now , your business of a friend , and kindness to a friend , is by finding fault with his faults , and mending them by your obliging feverity . I hope ( in point of your good ...
... truth , than at this distance with your compliment : fince now , your business of a friend , and kindness to a friend , is by finding fault with his faults , and mending them by your obliging feverity . I hope ( in point of your good ...
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... or eftéemable , together with frequent infirmities and pains , hinder me from being in your abfence . ' Tis ( I am fure ) a real truth , that my fickness cannot make make me quite weary of myfelf when I have you 36 LETTERS TO AND.
... or eftéemable , together with frequent infirmities and pains , hinder me from being in your abfence . ' Tis ( I am fure ) a real truth , that my fickness cannot make make me quite weary of myfelf when I have you 36 LETTERS TO AND.
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... truth fo well , that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to na- ture what paint is to beauty ; it is not only need- lefs , but impairs what it would improve . There is a certain majefty in fimplicity which is far above all ...
... truth fo well , that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to na- ture what paint is to beauty ; it is not only need- lefs , but impairs what it would improve . There is a certain majefty in fimplicity which is far above all ...
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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...