The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Էջ vii
... hope , when you fhall cooly confider the many thousand inftances of our being deluded by the females , fince that great Original of Adam by Éve , you will have a more fa- vourable thought of the undefigning error of Your faithful Friend ...
... hope , when you fhall cooly confider the many thousand inftances of our being deluded by the females , fince that great Original of Adam by Éve , you will have a more fa- vourable thought of the undefigning error of Your faithful Friend ...
Էջ xiii
... hope it will be confidered to whom , and at what age , he was guilty of it , as well as how foon it was over . The reft , every judge of writing will fee , were by no means efforts of the genius , but emanations of the heart : and this ...
... hope it will be confidered to whom , and at what age , he was guilty of it , as well as how foon it was over . The reft , every judge of writing will fee , were by no means efforts of the genius , but emanations of the heart : and this ...
Էջ xv
... hope it is needlefs to fay , he is not account- able for feveral paffages in the furreptitious editions of those Letters , which are fuch as no man of com → mon sense would have published himself The er- rors of the prefs were almoft ...
... hope it is needlefs to fay , he is not account- able for feveral paffages in the furreptitious editions of those Letters , which are fuch as no man of com → mon sense would have published himself The er- rors of the prefs were almoft ...
Էջ 3
... hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions t ) will have This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in general . + Mr. Locke had given a better . But his Effay was a work ...
... hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions t ) will have This is no definition of wit at all , but of good writing in general . + Mr. Locke had given a better . But his Effay was a work ...
Էջ 9
... hope you will not need many argu- ments to convince you of the poffibility of this ; one alone abundantly fatisfies me , and convinces to the heart , which is , that * young as I am , and old as you are , I am your entirely affectionate ...
... hope you will not need many argu- ments to convince you of the poffibility of this ; one alone abundantly fatisfies me , and convinces to the heart , which is , that * young as I am , and old as you are , I am your entirely affectionate ...
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Էջ 67 - 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 188 - 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 130 - 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 240 - 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 67 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him 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 mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Էջ 212 - ... 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 132 - ... to the falls of cataracts below, and the murmuring of the winds above. The gloomy verdure of Stonor succeeded to these, and then the shades of the evening overtook me.
Էջ 67 - ... 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 72 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...