The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Հատոր 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... juftness of criticism , in pieces which muft have been writ in hafte , very few perhaps ever reviewed , and none intended for the eye of the public . A CA A CATALOGUE OF THE Surreptitious and Incorrect Editions of Mr. PREFACE to the , & c .
... juftness of criticism , in pieces which muft have been writ in hafte , very few perhaps ever reviewed , and none intended for the eye of the public . A CA A CATALOGUE OF THE Surreptitious and Incorrect Editions of Mr. PREFACE to the , & c .
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... eyes when they look upon his own person ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself fo extremely like Alexander the great , as you would perfuade me . If I must be like him , ' tis you will make me fo , by complimenting me into a bet ...
... eyes when they look upon his own person ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself fo extremely like Alexander the great , as you would perfuade me . If I must be like him , ' tis you will make me fo , by complimenting me into a bet ...
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... eyes which knew me fo well , and was utterly at a lofs how to addrefs myself ; till with a great deal of fimplicity and innocence fhe let me know ( even before I difcover'd my ignorance ) that she was the daughter of one in our ...
... eyes which knew me fo well , and was utterly at a lofs how to addrefs myself ; till with a great deal of fimplicity and innocence fhe let me know ( even before I difcover'd my ignorance ) that she was the daughter of one in our ...
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... eyes , Little legs , and little thighs , And fome things of little fize , You know where . You , ' tis true , have fine black eyes , Taper legs , and tempting thighs , Yet what more than all we prize Is a thing of little fize , You know ...
... eyes , Little legs , and little thighs , And fome things of little fize , You know where . You , ' tis true , have fine black eyes , Taper legs , and tempting thighs , Yet what more than all we prize Is a thing of little fize , You know ...
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... eye , and decays into confufion . I am highly pleased with the knowledge you give me of Mr. Wycherley's prefent temper , which feems fo favourable to me . I fhall ever have fuch a fund of affection for him as to be agreeable to my ...
... eye , and decays into confufion . I am highly pleased with the knowledge you give me of Mr. Wycherley's prefent temper , which feems fo favourable to me . I fhall ever have fuch a fund of affection for him as to be agreeable to my ...
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Էջ 69 - 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 190 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Էջ 190 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
Էջ 189 - I should myself be much better pleased, if I were told you called me your little friend, than if you complimented me with the title of a great genius, or an eminent hand, as Jacob does all his authors.
Էջ 244 - Don't you design to let him pass a year at Oxford ? "To what purpose? (said he) the Universities do but make Pedants, and I intend to breed him a man of business.
Էջ 244 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
Էջ 214 - ... 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 236 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Էջ 132 - Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
Էջ 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...