The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... hath been ever fince in fafe hands . In a few weeks after the lofs of that excellent Princess , I came to my station here ; where This Letter Mr. Pope never received . P. nor did he believe it was ever fent . L I have continued ever ...
... hath been ever fince in fafe hands . In a few weeks after the lofs of that excellent Princess , I came to my station here ; where This Letter Mr. Pope never received . P. nor did he believe it was ever fent . L I have continued ever ...
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... hath no other endowment than that fort of Knowledge , which , however poffeffed in the highest degree , can poffibly give no one good quality to the mind + . It This is a very ftrange affertion . To fuppofe that a confummate knowledge ...
... hath no other endowment than that fort of Knowledge , which , however poffeffed in the highest degree , can poffibly give no one good quality to the mind + . It This is a very ftrange affertion . To fuppofe that a confummate knowledge ...
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... hath entitled me to , there are many perfons appearing to wish me well , and pretending to be judges of my ftyle and manner , who have yet afcribed fome writings to me , of which any man of common fense and lite- rature would be ...
... hath entitled me to , there are many perfons appearing to wish me well , and pretending to be judges of my ftyle and manner , who have yet afcribed fome writings to me , of which any man of common fense and lite- rature would be ...
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... hath not been my business to enquire . I remember my excellent friend Mr. Addison , when he first came over hither Secretary to the Earl of * Lord Sommers had very warmly recommended Dr. Swift to the favour of Lord Wharton when he went ...
... hath not been my business to enquire . I remember my excellent friend Mr. Addison , when he first came over hither Secretary to the Earl of * Lord Sommers had very warmly recommended Dr. Swift to the favour of Lord Wharton when he went ...
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... hath much weight in the opinions of the people . For neceffity may abolish any Law , but cannot alter the fentiments of the vulgar ; Right of inheritance being perhaps the inoft popular of . C 2 all all topics : and therefore in great ...
... hath much weight in the opinions of the people . For neceffity may abolish any Law , but cannot alter the fentiments of the vulgar ; Right of inheritance being perhaps the inoft popular of . C 2 all all topics : and therefore in great ...
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Էջ 65 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Էջ 55 - ... beans and bacon, and a barn-door fowl. Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you, that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for 200£ to paint his country-hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &c. and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm...
Էջ 69 - I used to be going to bed, surfeited with pleasure, or jaded with business : my head often full of schemes, and my heart as often full of anxiety. Is it a misfortune, think you, that I rise at this hour refreshed, serene, and calm ? that the past...
Էջ 37 - ... he is not without fault : there is a passage in Bede highly commending the piety and learning of the Irish in that age, where, after abundance of praises, he overthrows them all, by lamenting that, alas ! they kept Easter at a wrong time of the year.
Էջ 29 - I find no considerable man very angry at the book; some indeed think it rather too bold, and too general a satire; but none that I hear of accuse it of particular reflections...
Էջ 65 - Graevius and Gronovius, which make thirty-one volumes in folio (and were given me by my Lord Bolingbroke), more than all my books besides ; because whoever comes into my closet, casts his eyes immediately upon them, and will not vouchsafe to look upon Plato or Xenophon.
Էջ 65 - I remember when I was a little boy I felt a great fish at the end of my line which I drew up almost on the ground, but it dropped in, and the disappointment vexes me to this very day, and I believe it was the type of all my future disappointments.
Էջ 109 - ... out of this kingdom. Two or three of us had a fancy, three years ago, to write a weekly paper, and call it an Intelligencer.
Էջ 19 - I ever abominated that scheme of politics (now about thirty years old) of setting up a moneyed interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, that the possessors of the soil are the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. If others had thought the same way, funds of credit and South Sea projects would neither have been felt nor heard of.
Էջ 9 - Give me leave then to put you in mind (although you cannot easily forget it) that about ten weeks before the Queen's death, I left the town, upon occasion of that incurable breach among the great men at court, and went down to Berkshire, where you may remember that you gave me the favour of a visit.