The Works of Alexander Pope, Հատոր 5J. Balfour, 1764 |
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Էջ xvi
... rest of the world . Nor has Mr P. himself any great caufe to think it much offence to his mo- defty , or reflection on his judgment ; when we take care to inform the public , that there are few Letters of his in this collection , which ...
... rest of the world . Nor has Mr P. himself any great caufe to think it much offence to his mo- defty , or reflection on his judgment ; when we take care to inform the public , that there are few Letters of his in this collection , which ...
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... rest that paragraph or two , in which you make me fo warm an offer of your friendship . Were I poffeffed of that , it would put an end to all those speeches with which you now make me blufh ; and change them to wholfome advices , and ...
... rest that paragraph or two , in which you make me fo warm an offer of your friendship . Were I poffeffed of that , it would put an end to all those speeches with which you now make me blufh ; and change them to wholfome advices , and ...
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... rest of your letters ) at once pleas'd and inftructed me ; fo that , I affure you , you can no more write too much to your absent friends , than speak too much to the prefent . This is a truth , that all men own who have either feen ...
... rest of your letters ) at once pleas'd and inftructed me ; fo that , I affure you , you can no more write too much to your absent friends , than speak too much to the prefent . This is a truth , that all men own who have either feen ...
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... rest of yours , did at once mortify me , and make me vain ; fince it tells me with fo much more wit , sense , and kindness than mine can express , that my letters are always wel- come to you . So that even whilft your kindness in- vites ...
... rest of yours , did at once mortify me , and make me vain ; fince it tells me with fo much more wit , sense , and kindness than mine can express , that my letters are always wel- come to you . So that even whilft your kindness in- vites ...
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... rest is quite different from it , a poem makes a very foolish figure : But when ' tis all melted down together , and the Gold of the Ancients fo mix'd with that of the Moderns , that none can diftinguifh the one from the other , I can ...
... rest is quite different from it , a poem makes a very foolish figure : But when ' tis all melted down together , and the Gold of the Ancients fo mix'd with that of the Moderns , that none can diftinguifh the one from the other , I can ...
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Էջ 78 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Էջ 150 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Էջ 325 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Էջ 206 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
Էջ 400 - I look upon you as a spirit entered into another life ', as one just upon the edge of immortality ; where the passions and affections must be much more exalted, and where you ought to despise all little views, and all mean retrospects. Nothing is worth your looking back ; and therefore look forward, and make (as you can) the world look after you. But take care that it be not with pity, but with esteem and admiration. I am with the greatest sincerity, and passion for your fame as well as happiness,...
Էջ 207 - Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines.
Էջ 399 - Remember, it was at such a time that the greatest lights of antiquity dazzled and blazed the most in their retreat, in their exile, or in their death ; but why do I talk of dazzling or blazing? it was then that they did good, that they gave light, and that they became guides to mankind.
Էջ 178 - Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas ; in acknowledgment (as he expressed it) for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.
Էջ 266 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Էջ 208 - ... very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...