The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 8J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... talk and command at this rate , am in danger of losing my horse , and stand in some fear of a country Justice . To disarm me indeed may be but prudential , consi- dering what armies I have at present on foot , and in my service ; a ...
... talk and command at this rate , am in danger of losing my horse , and stand in some fear of a country Justice . To disarm me indeed may be but prudential , consi- dering what armies I have at present on foot , and in my service ; a ...
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... talks , with- out any manner of shame , of good books , and has not seen Cibber's play of the Nonjurors . I rejoiced the other day to see a libel on her toilette , which gives me some hope that you have , at least , a taste of scandal ...
... talks , with- out any manner of shame , of good books , and has not seen Cibber's play of the Nonjurors . I rejoiced the other day to see a libel on her toilette , which gives me some hope that you have , at least , a taste of scandal ...
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... talk of my own works . I find it is in the finishing a book , as in concluding a session of Parliament , one always thinks it will be very soon , and finds it very late . There are many unlooked- for incidents to retard the clearing any ...
... talk of my own works . I find it is in the finishing a book , as in concluding a session of Parliament , one always thinks it will be very soon , and finds it very late . There are many unlooked- for incidents to retard the clearing any ...
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... talking of , a mere jest ! Buildings , gardens , writings , pleasures , works of whatever stuff man can raise ! None of them ( God knows ) capable of advantaging a creature that is mortal , or of satisfying a soul that is immortal ...
... talking of , a mere jest ! Buildings , gardens , writings , pleasures , works of whatever stuff man can raise ! None of them ( God knows ) capable of advantaging a creature that is mortal , or of satisfying a soul that is immortal ...
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... talks in a letter to Lady Scu- " He frequently expressed his total dislike of this poem ; though its author was patronised by Bolingbroke , who also induced Phi- lips to write the poem on Blenheim . Cider was elegantly tran- slated into ...
... talks in a letter to Lady Scu- " He frequently expressed his total dislike of this poem ; though its author was patronised by Bolingbroke , who also induced Phi- lips to write the poem on Blenheim . Cider was elegantly tran- slated into ...
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Página 335 - tis justice, soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the ball.
Página 214 - I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even amiable to behold it.
Página 33 - Walls of which all the objects of the River, Hills, Woods, and Boats, are forming a moving Picture in their visible Radiations: And when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different Scene: it is finished with Shells interspersed with Pieces of Looking-glass in angular forms; and in the Ceiling is a Star of the same Material, at which when a Lamp (of an orbicular Figure of thin Alabaster) is hung in the Middle, a thousand pointed Rays glitter and are reflected over the Place.
Página 113 - His figure was beautiful ; but his manner was irresistible, by either man or woman. It was by this engaging, graceful manner, that he was enabled, during all his war, to connect the various and jarring powers of the Grand Alliance, and to carry them on to the main object of the war, notwithstanding their private and separate views, jealousies, and wrongheadednesses. Whatever court he went to (and he was often obliged to go himself to some resty and refractory ones), he as constantly prevailed, and...
Página 158 - HAVE many years ago magnified in my own mind, and repeated to you, a ninth Beatitude, added to the eighth in the Scripture ; " Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Página 153 - CONGREVE has merit of the highest kind ; he is an original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue.
Página 124 - I look upon you as a spirit entered into another life ', as one just upon the edge of immortality ; where the passions and affections must be much more exalted, and where you ought to despise all little views, and all mean retrospects. Nothing is worth your looking back ; and therefore look forward, and make (as you can) the world look after you. But take care that it be not with pity, but with esteem and admiration. I am with the greatest sincerity, and passion for your fame as well as happiness,...
Página 278 - I know, would even marry Dennis for your sake, because he is your man, and loves his master. In short come down forthwith, or give me good reasons for delaying, though but for a day or two, by the next post. If I find them just, I will come up to you, though you...
Página 156 - As to any papers left behind him, I dare say they can be but few; for this reason, he never wrote out of vanity, or thought much of the applause of men.
Página 348 - THE more I examine my own mind, the more romantic I find myself. Methinks it is a noble spirit of contradiction to fate and fortune, not to give up those that are snatched from us, but follow them with warmer zeal, the farther they are removed from the sense of it.