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 vii
... hope when you fhall cooly confider the many thousand instances of our being deluded by the females , fince that great Original of Adam by Eve , you will have a more favourable thought of the undefigning error of Your faithful Friend ...
... hope when you fhall cooly confider the many thousand instances of our being deluded by the females , fince that great Original of Adam by Eve , you will have a more favourable thought of the undefigning error of Your faithful Friend ...
Էջ xiii
... without his confent , there appear too much of a juvenile ambition of wit , or affec- tation of gaiety , he may reasonably hope it will be confidered to whom , and at what age , he • he was guilty of it , as well as PREFACE . xiii.
... without his confent , there appear too much of a juvenile ambition of wit , or affec- tation of gaiety , he may reasonably hope it will be confidered to whom , and at what age , he • he was guilty of it , as well as PREFACE . xiii.
Էջ xvi
... hope it is needless to say , he is not ac- countable for feveral paffages in the furreptitious editions of thofe Letters , which are fuch as no man of common sense would have published himself . The errors of the prefs were almost ...
... hope it is needless to say , he is not ac- countable for feveral paffages in the furreptitious editions of thofe Letters , which are fuch as no man of common sense would have published himself . The errors of the prefs were almost ...
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... hope , you , who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions a ) will have pa- tience with a debtor who has an inclination to pay you his obligations , if he had wherewithal ready about him ; and in ...
... hope , you , who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions a ) will have pa- tience with a debtor who has an inclination to pay you his obligations , if he had wherewithal ready about him ; and in ...
Էջ 14
... hope you will not need many arguments to convince you of the poffibility of this ; one alone abundantly sa- tisfies me , and convinces to the heart , which is , that a young as I am , and old as you are , I am your entirely affectionate ...
... hope you will not need many arguments to convince you of the poffibility of this ; one alone abundantly sa- tisfies me , and convinces to the heart , which is , that a young as I am , and old as you are , I am your entirely affectionate ...
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.