The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... troubled either the world or common conversation with his opinions of Religion or Government , has been represented as a dangerous member of Society , a bigotted Papift , and an ene- my to the Establishment . The unwarrantable pub ...
... troubled either the world or common conversation with his opinions of Religion or Government , has been represented as a dangerous member of Society , a bigotted Papift , and an ene- my to the Establishment . The unwarrantable pub ...
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... troubled you with . Yet to express my gratitude at large for your obliging letter , is not more my duty than my intereft ; as fome people will abundantly thank you for one piece of kindness , to put you in mind of bestowing another ...
... troubled you with . Yet to express my gratitude at large for your obliging letter , is not more my duty than my intereft ; as fome people will abundantly thank you for one piece of kindness , to put you in mind of bestowing another ...
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... troubled with ; which I take most in- finitely kind of you , and fhall acknowledge with gratitude as long as I live . No friend can do more for his friend than preferving his reputation ( nay , not by preferving his life ) fince by ...
... troubled with ; which I take most in- finitely kind of you , and fhall acknowledge with gratitude as long as I live . No friend can do more for his friend than preferving his reputation ( nay , not by preferving his life ) fince by ...
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Alexander Pope. the value of them by diminishing the number . I have troubled you with my papers rather to give you pain than pleasure , notwithstanding your compli- ment , which fays you take the trouble kindly : fuch is your generofity ...
Alexander Pope. the value of them by diminishing the number . I have troubled you with my papers rather to give you pain than pleasure , notwithstanding your compli- ment , which fays you take the trouble kindly : fuch is your generofity ...
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... troubled with any of the dulnefs of the stage . You are fo good a critic , that ' tis the greatest happiness of the modern Poets that you do not hear their works : and next , that you are not fo arrant a critic , as to damn them ( like ...
... troubled with any of the dulnefs of the stage . You are fo good a critic , that ' tis the greatest happiness of the modern Poets that you do not hear their works : and next , that you are not fo arrant a critic , as to damn them ( like ...
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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...