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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... writer's or our portér to recall , This collection bath heen owing to feveral cabi- nets : fome drawn from thence by accidents , and others ( even of those two ladies voluntarily given . It is to one of that fex we are beholden for the ...
... writer's or our portér to recall , This collection bath heen owing to feveral cabi- nets : fome drawn from thence by accidents , and others ( even of those two ladies voluntarily given . It is to one of that fex we are beholden for the ...
Էջ v
... writing , That I gave her ' em , to do what she would with ' em , is ftraining the point too far . I thought not of ... write any thing , but I believed it might be fo as she writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former ...
... writing , That I gave her ' em , to do what she would with ' em , is ftraining the point too far . I thought not of ... write any thing , but I believed it might be fo as she writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former ...
Էջ vi
... 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 manifeft , that I had not the ...
... 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 manifeft , that I had not the ...
Էջ xiii
... writing , but merely as they preferved the memory of fome friend- ships which will ever be dear to him , or set in a true light fome matters of fact , from which the fcriblers of the times had taken oc- cafion to asperse either his ...
... writing , but merely as they preferved the memory of fome friend- ships which will ever be dear to him , or set in a true light fome matters of fact , from which the fcriblers of the times had taken oc- cafion to asperse either his ...
Էջ xiv
... writing will fee , were by no means efforts of the genius , but emanations of the heart : and this alone may induce any candid reader to believe their publication an act of neceffity , rather than of vanity . It is notorious , how many ...
... writing will fee , were by no means efforts of the genius , but emanations of the heart : and this alone may induce any candid reader to believe their publication an act of neceffity , rather than of vanity . It is notorious , how many ...
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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.