The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Էջ vi
... last week , defiring a positive answer about this matter , but find- ing I would give him none , he went to E. T. and writ a postscript in her long romantick letter , to di- rect my answer to his houfe ; but they not expect- ing an ...
... last week , defiring a positive answer about this matter , but find- ing I would give him none , he went to E. T. and writ a postscript in her long romantick letter , to di- rect my answer to his houfe ; but they not expect- ing an ...
Էջ vii
... last stake ) into the prefs . - As for me , I 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 ...
... last stake ) into the prefs . - As for me , I 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 ...
Էջ xiii
... to the Preface to Vol . IV . Narrative and Anecdotes before Vol . II . VOL . VII , last , laft , he betrayed himself fo far , as to PREFACE . xiii Against party spirit After an illness The obfcurity of a country life.
... to the Preface to Vol . IV . Narrative and Anecdotes before Vol . II . VOL . VII , last , laft , he betrayed himself fo far , as to PREFACE . xiii Against party spirit After an illness The obfcurity of a country life.
Էջ xvii
... last- ing , ill confequences . It is the higheft offence againft Society , as it renders the most dear and inti- mate intercourfe of friend with friend , and the most neceffary commerce of man with man , unsafe , and to be dreaded . To ...
... last- ing , ill confequences . It is the higheft offence againft Society , as it renders the most dear and inti- mate intercourfe of friend with friend , and the most neceffary commerce of man with man , unsafe , and to be dreaded . To ...
Էջ 12
... last , tho ' af- ter a great deal of noise , and refiftance . Ours are a fort of modeft inoffenfive people , who neither have fenfe , nor pretend to any , but enjoy a jovial fort of dulness : They are commonly known in the world by the ...
... last , tho ' af- ter a great deal of noise , and refiftance . Ours are a fort of modeft inoffenfive people , who neither have fenfe , nor pretend to any , but enjoy a jovial fort of dulness : They are commonly known in the world by the ...
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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...