The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Հատոր 7A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... she would with ' em , is ftraining the point too far . I thought not of it , nor do I think she did then ; but fevere neceffity , which catches hold of a twig , has pro- duced all this ; which has lain hid , and forgot by me fo many ...
... she would with ' em , is ftraining the point too far . I thought not of it , nor do I think she did then ; but fevere neceffity , which catches hold of a twig , has pro- duced all this ; which has lain hid , and forgot by me fo many ...
Էջ vi
... she expresses for all you write , and her paffion for having them , I believe , was what prevailed upon me to let her keep them . By the interval of twelve years at least , from her poffeffion to the time of printing them , ' tis ...
... she expresses for all you write , and her paffion for having them , I believe , was what prevailed upon me to let her keep them . By the interval of twelve years at least , from her poffeffion to the time of printing them , ' tis ...
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... she helps into the light . The few things I have entirely added , you will excuse ; you may take them lawfully for your own , because they are no more than sparks lighted up by your fire : and you may omit them at last , if you think ...
... she helps into the light . The few things I have entirely added , you will excuse ; you may take them lawfully for your own , because they are no more than sparks lighted up by your fire : and you may omit them at last , if you think ...
Էջ 38
... she seeks or labours for their liking , are but more her contemners . ) Nevertheless fhe is refolved henceforth to be fo cautious as to appear very little more in the world , except it be as an Attendant on your Muse , or as a foil ...
... she seeks or labours for their liking , are but more her contemners . ) Nevertheless fhe is refolved henceforth to be fo cautious as to appear very little more in the world , except it be as an Attendant on your Muse , or as a foil ...
Էջ 70
... she brings . At the fixth . Like tracts of leverets | in morning fnow . Now I fancy , that , to preserve an exac Har- mony and Variety , the Paufe at the 4th or 6th fhould not be continued above three lines toge- ther , without the ...
... she brings . At the fixth . Like tracts of leverets | in morning fnow . Now I fancy , that , to preserve an exac Har- mony and Variety , the Paufe at the 4th or 6th fhould not be continued above three lines toge- ther , without the ...
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Էջ 252 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Էջ 339 - Lucretius to publish against Tonson's ; agreeing to pay the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did ? I arrested the translator for a cheat ; nay, and I stopped the corrector's pay too, upon this proof that he had made use of Creech instead of the...
Էջ 337 - As Mr. Lintot was talking, I observed he sat uneasy on his saddle, for which I expressed some solicitude : 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.
Էջ 294 - ... 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.
Էջ 95 - 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.
Էջ 327 - The inhabitants of this delicious isle, as they are without riches and honours, so are they without the vices and follies that attend them ; and were they but as much strangers to revenge, as they are to avarice and ambition, they might in fact answer the poetical notions of ,the golden age.
Էջ 252 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Էջ 100 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...
Էջ 255 - ... included of his belief in its immortality. The diminutive epithets of vagula, blandula...
Էջ 338 - 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.