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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... reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years , and the advantage of fuch friendships . VII . Against Compliment . VIII . An account of the duller fort of Country Gentlemen , and Country Life . IX . From ...
... reasons why friendships may be con- tracted between perfons of unequal years , and the advantage of fuch friendships . VII . Against Compliment . VIII . An account of the duller fort of Country Gentlemen , and Country Life . IX . From ...
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... one another to compofe a reason- able whole , make up the character of thofe of Mr. Wycherley . b The author's age then Sixteen . P. B 2 you , 1 your you , at our very first meeting , LETTERS to and from Mr CROMWELL LETTER.
... one another to compofe a reason- able whole , make up the character of thofe of Mr. Wycherley . b The author's age then Sixteen . P. B 2 you , 1 your you , at our very first meeting , LETTERS to and from Mr CROMWELL LETTER.
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... reasons of ftate . Infomuch that the lower houses , I mean the play - houses , are going to act tragedies on one another without doors , and the Sovereign is put to it ( as it often happens in the other two houses ) to filence one or ...
... reasons of ftate . Infomuch that the lower houses , I mean the play - houses , are going to act tragedies on one another without doors , and the Sovereign is put to it ( as it often happens in the other two houses ) to filence one or ...
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... reason to be pleas'd with them , when he con- fiders that the natural confequence of praife is envy and calumny . Si ultra placitum laudarit , baccare frontem Cingite , ne vati noccat mala lingua futuro . When once a man has appeared as ...
... reason to be pleas'd with them , when he con- fiders that the natural confequence of praife is envy and calumny . Si ultra placitum laudarit , baccare frontem Cingite , ne vati noccat mala lingua futuro . When once a man has appeared as ...
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... reason to doubt them but I hope your judgment will fet me right . I would beg your opinion too as to another point : it is , how far the liberty of borrowing may extend ? I have defended it fometimes by saying , that it seems not fo ...
... reason to doubt them but I hope your judgment will fet me right . I would beg your opinion too as to another point : it is , how far the liberty of borrowing may extend ? I have defended it fometimes by saying , that it seems not fo ...
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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.