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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Արդյունքներ 89–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... tell me my faults , if not as a young man , at least as an unexperienced Writer . LETTER IV . I am , & c . From Mr. WY CHERLEY . March 29 , 1705 . OUR letter of the twenty - fifth of March I have received , which was more wel- You a His ...
... tell me my faults , if not as a young man , at least as an unexperienced Writer . LETTER IV . I am , & c . From Mr. WY CHERLEY . March 29 , 1705 . OUR letter of the twenty - fifth of March I have received , which was more wel- You a His ...
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... telling you a few notions of mine in opposition to that opinion . In the first place ' tis obfervable , that the love we bear to our friends , is generally caused by our finding the fame difpofitions in them , which we feel in ourselves ...
... telling you a few notions of mine in opposition to that opinion . In the first place ' tis obfervable , that the love we bear to our friends , is generally caused by our finding the fame difpofitions in them , which we feel in ourselves ...
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... tell you , I always own it ( in spite of your unpoetic modefty ) who would do with your friendship as your charity ; conceal your bounty to magnify the obligation ; and even while you lay on your friend the favour , acquit him of the ...
... tell you , I always own it ( in spite of your unpoetic modefty ) who would do with your friendship as your charity ; conceal your bounty to magnify the obligation ; and even while you lay on your friend the favour , acquit him of the ...
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... tell me in other words , that my friend has fo mean an opinion of me , as to think I expect acknow- ledgements for trifles : which upon my faith I shall equally take amifs , whether made to my- self , or to any other . For God's fake ...
... tell me in other words , that my friend has fo mean an opinion of me , as to think I expect acknow- ledgements for trifles : which upon my faith I shall equally take amifs , whether made to my- self , or to any other . For God's fake ...
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... tell you of it is , that nothing has lately been better received by the public , than your part of it . You have only difpleas'd the critics by pleafing them too well ; having not left them a word to fay for them- felves , against you ...
... tell you of it is , that nothing has lately been better received by the public , than your part of it . You have only difpleas'd the critics by pleafing them too well ; having not left them a word to fay for them- felves , against you ...
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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.