The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... sense would have published himself . The er- rors of the press were almost innumerable , and could not but be extremely multiplied in fo many repeated editions , by the avarice and negligence of piratical printers , to not one of whom ...
... sense would have published himself . The er- rors of the press were almost innumerable , and could not but be extremely multiplied in fo many repeated editions , by the avarice and negligence of piratical printers , to not one of whom ...
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... sense ( fince they generally are companions ‡ ) 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 . He had met ...
... sense ( fince they generally are companions ‡ ) 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 . He had met ...
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... sense , nor pretend to any , but enjoy a jovial fort of dulness : They are commonly known in the world by the name of honeft , civil gentlemen : They live , much as they ride , at random ; a kind of hunt- ing life , pursuing with ...
... sense , nor pretend to any , but enjoy a jovial fort of dulness : They are commonly known in the world by the name of honeft , civil gentlemen : They live , much as they ride , at random ; a kind of hunt- ing life , pursuing with ...
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... sense with fo much of yours , that you put me out of countenance , whilft you would keep me in it . So that you have found a way ( against the cuftom of great wits ) to fhew even a great deal of good - nature with a great deal of good sense ...
... sense with fo much of yours , that you put me out of countenance , whilft you would keep me in it . So that you have found a way ( against the cuftom of great wits ) to fhew even a great deal of good - nature with a great deal of good sense ...
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... sense , and kindness than mine can ex- prefs , that my letters are always welcome to you . So that even whilft your kindness invites me to write to you , your wit and judgment forbid me ; fince I may return you a letter , but never an ...
... sense , and kindness than mine can ex- prefs , that my letters are always welcome to you . So that even whilft your kindness invites me to write to you , your wit and judgment forbid me ; fince I may return you a letter , but never an ...
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Página 70 - ... 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 69 - 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 190 - 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 245 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
Página 185 - I confess, I cannot apprehend where lies the trifling in all this : it is the most natural and obvious reflection imaginable to a dying man : and, if we...
Página 244 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
Página 184 - I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. When I reflect what an...
Página 182 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
Página 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing within the compass of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a most romantic confusion.
Página 132 - L. walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the King, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain all alone under the garden wall.