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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Էջ 67
... design , or method , or any thing natural or just . For you are certainly in the right , that in all writings whatsoever ( not poetry only ) na- ture is to be follow'd ; and we fhould be jealous of ourselves for being fond of Similies ...
... design , or method , or any thing natural or just . For you are certainly in the right , that in all writings whatsoever ( not poetry only ) na- ture is to be follow'd ; and we fhould be jealous of ourselves for being fond of Similies ...
Էջ 81
... design to perform it : how much foever his other ex- cellent qualities are above my imitation , his fincerity , I hope , is not ; and it is with the ut moft that I am , 1 LETTER V. Sir , & c . Jan. 22 , 1708-9 .. I papers Had fent the ...
... design to perform it : how much foever his other ex- cellent qualities are above my imitation , his fincerity , I hope , is not ; and it is with the ut moft that I am , 1 LETTER V. Sir , & c . Jan. 22 , 1708-9 .. I papers Had fent the ...
Էջ 123
... design of seeing my friends there , among the firft of which I have reafon to account yourself . But my al- moft continual illneffes prevent that , as well as most other fatisfactions of my life : However , I may fay one good thing of ...
... design of seeing my friends there , among the firft of which I have reafon to account yourself . But my al- moft continual illneffes prevent that , as well as most other fatisfactions of my life : However , I may fay one good thing of ...
Էջ 198
... design , in either of us . And , me- thinks it would be as paultry a part , to impose ( even in a fingle thought ) upon each other in this state of separation , as for spirits of a dif- ferent sphere , who have fo little intercourse ...
... design , in either of us . And , me- thinks it would be as paultry a part , to impose ( even in a fingle thought ) upon each other in this state of separation , as for spirits of a dif- ferent sphere , who have fo little intercourse ...
Էջ 246
... design of tranflating Homer . The trials which you have already made and published on fome parts of that author , have shewn that you are equal to fo great a task : and you may therefore depend upon the utmost services I can do you in ...
... design of tranflating Homer . The trials which you have already made and published on fome parts of that author , have shewn that you are equal to fo great a task : and you may therefore depend upon the utmost services I can do you in ...
Common terms and phrases
affure againſt anſwer becauſe Befides beft believe beſt buſineſs cauſe CHERLEY converſation defign defire Dulneſs eſpecially eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatisfaction fave favour feems feen fenfe fent ferve fhall fhew fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs himſelf hope houſe judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER mifcellanies moft moſt muft Muſes muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid Paftorals perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry poffible Pope praiſe Pray preſent Priam printed publiſhed Quintilian reaſon receiv'd reft ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeverity ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeak Statius ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation unleſs uſe verfes verſes whoſe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh word write Wycherley yourſelf
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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.