Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711. Vol. 1booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... please my self ) I muft no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good Wit ne'er for- feited your good Judgment , but in your Partiality to me and mine ; fo that if it were ...
... please my self ) I muft no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good Wit ne'er for- feited your good Judgment , but in your Partiality to me and mine ; fo that if it were ...
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... please my self ; juft as Incense is fweeter to the Offerer than the Deity to whom ' tis offered , by his being so much above it : For indeed , every Man partakes of the Praise he gives , when it is fo juftly given . As ? As to my ...
... please my self ; juft as Incense is fweeter to the Offerer than the Deity to whom ' tis offered , by his being so much above it : For indeed , every Man partakes of the Praise he gives , when it is fo juftly given . As ? As to my ...
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... please the young one ; and the young Man more difcreet and pru- dent by the help of the old one ; fo it may prove a Cure of thofe epidemical Diseases of Age and Youth , Sournefs and Madness . I hope you will not need many Arguments to ...
... please the young one ; and the young Man more difcreet and pru- dent by the help of the old one ; fo it may prove a Cure of thofe epidemical Diseases of Age and Youth , Sournefs and Madness . I hope you will not need many Arguments to ...
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... please them as well as they can ; fo when those incorrigible things , Poets , are once irreco- verably Be - mus'd , the best way both to quiet them , and fecure your felves from the effects of their Frenzy , is to feed their Vanity ...
... please them as well as they can ; fo when those incorrigible things , Poets , are once irreco- verably Be - mus'd , the best way both to quiet them , and fecure your felves from the effects of their Frenzy , is to feed their Vanity ...
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... please you , but myself ; fince I provoke your Anfwers ; which , whilft they humble me , give me vanity ; tho ' I am leffen'd by you even when you commend me ; fince you commend my little Senfe with fo much more of yours , that you put ...
... please you , but myself ; fince I provoke your Anfwers ; which , whilft they humble me , give me vanity ; tho ' I am leffen'd by you even when you commend me ; fince you commend my little Senfe with fo much more of yours , that you put ...
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affure againſt almoſt anfwer becauſe befides beft beſt call'd cauſe converfation cou'd Dear Sir deferve defign defire eafy efteem Expreffion fafe faid fame favour feems feen felf felves fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak Friend friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fure give good-natur'd happineſs himſelf Homer honeft honour hope houſe juft juſt kindneſs Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Letter Lord Lord Burlington Mifcellanies moft moſt Mufes muft muſt myſelf never obferve oblig'd occafion opinion Paftoral Perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet Poetry poffible POPE Pray prefent publick reaſon receiv'd refpect reft ſelf Senfe ſhall tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro Town Tranflation Twickenham Verfes vifit Whig whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh wou'd writ write Wycherley
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Página 87 - Lordship may cause 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 27 - ... 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 73 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Página 197 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. I conformed...
Página 209 - Welcome to your native soil, welcome to your friends, thrice welcome to me, whether returned in glory, blest with court interest, the love and familiarity of the great, and filled with agreeable hopes ; or melancholy with dejection, contemplative of the changes of fortune, and doubtful for the future. Whether returned a triumphant Whig or a...
Página 126 - The fields in the northern side are divided by hedgerows of myrtle. Several fountains and rivulets add to the beauty of this landscape, which is likewise set off by the variety of some barren spots, and naked rocks.
Página 125 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Página 165 - I KNOW of nothing that will be so interesting to you at present, as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet, and our friend, Wycherley. He had often told me, as I doubt not he did all his acquaintance, that he would marry as soon as his life was despaired of. Accordingly, a few days before his death, he underwent the ceremony, and joined together those two sacraments which, wise men say, should be the last we receive ; for, if you...
Página 65 - People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.
Página 211 - ... went. We are now at the Bath, where (if you are not, as I heartily hope, better engaged) your coming would be the greatest pleasure to us in the world.