The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... particular fuch as were moft in his favour . As it is not to Vanity but to Friendship that he in- tends this Monument , he would fave his enemies the mortification of fhowing any further how well their Betters have thought of him : and ...
... particular fuch as were moft in his favour . As it is not to Vanity but to Friendship that he in- tends this Monument , he would fave his enemies the mortification of fhowing any further how well their Betters have thought of him : and ...
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... particular , as more juft debts , to their best and nearest friends . However , I 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 ...
... particular , as more juft debts , to their best and nearest friends . However , I 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 ...
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... particular thoughts , which receive an additional advantage from those which precede or follow in their due place . You remember a fimile Mr. Dry- den us'd in conversation , of feathers in the crowns of the wild Indians , which they not ...
... particular thoughts , which receive an additional advantage from those which precede or follow in their due place . You remember a fimile Mr. Dry- den us'd in conversation , of feathers in the crowns of the wild Indians , which they not ...
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... particular Woman whom you would make immortal . You may take occafion to fhew the difference between Poets Miftreffes , and other mens . I only hint this , which you may either do , or let alone , just as you think fit . I fhall be very ...
... particular Woman whom you would make immortal . You may take occafion to fhew the difference between Poets Miftreffes , and other mens . I only hint this , which you may either do , or let alone , just as you think fit . I fhall be very ...
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... particular , that it will fhow me ( to my comfort ) that even a wife man is fometimes very idle ; for fo you must needs be when you can find leifure to write to Your , & c . I LETTER II . April 27 , 1708 . Have nothing to fay to you in ...
... particular , that it will fhow me ( to my comfort ) that even a wife man is fometimes very idle ; for fo you must needs be when you can find leifure to write to Your , & c . I LETTER II . April 27 , 1708 . Have nothing to fay to you in ...
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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...