The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 8J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... The innocence of a pri- vate life , and the happiness of independency XVII . From Mr. Gay , in the country . Thoughts of buy ing a farm , and about the Dunciad - 158 · 160 LETTER XVIII . To Mr. Gay , in the country vi CONTENTS .
... The innocence of a pri- vate life , and the happiness of independency XVII . From Mr. Gay , in the country . Thoughts of buy ing a farm , and about the Dunciad - 158 · 160 LETTER XVIII . To Mr. Gay , in the country vi CONTENTS .
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... thoughts a loose in the contemplation of those satis- factions which probably we may hereafter taste in the company of separate spirits , when we shall range the walks above , and perhaps gaze on this world at as vast a distance as we ...
... thoughts a loose in the contemplation of those satis- factions which probably we may hereafter taste in the company of separate spirits , when we shall range the walks above , and perhaps gaze on this world at as vast a distance as we ...
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... think it was a generous thought , and one that flowed from an exalted mind , That it was not improbable but God might be de- lighted with the various methods of worshipping him , which divided the whole world . I am 14 LETTERS TO AND FROM.
... think it was a generous thought , and one that flowed from an exalted mind , That it was not improbable but God might be de- lighted with the various methods of worshipping him , which divided the whole world . I am 14 LETTERS TO AND FROM.
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... thought , as you always will in any thing that is good or ge- nerous : I find by a letter of your Lady's ( which I have seen ) that their ease and tranquillity is part of your care . I believe there is some fatality in it , that you ...
... thought , as you always will in any thing that is good or ge- nerous : I find by a letter of your Lady's ( which I have seen ) that their ease and tranquillity is part of your care . I believe there is some fatality in it , that you ...
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... thoughts , which it would be more than human to be exempt from at this time , when our homes must either be left , or be made too narrow for us to turn in . Poetically speaking , I should lament the loss Windsor - Forest and you sustain ...
... thoughts , which it would be more than human to be exempt from at this time , when our homes must either be left , or be made too narrow for us to turn in . Poetically speaking , I should lament the loss Windsor - Forest and you sustain ...
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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.