Letters to and from Mr. PopeJ. Donaldson, 1789 - 282 էջ |
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Էջ 24
... Since when , I have not had a fyllable from your hands , fo that it is to be feared , that though I have efcaped death , I have not oblivion . I should at leaft have expected you to have finished that elegy upon me , which , you told me ...
... Since when , I have not had a fyllable from your hands , fo that it is to be feared , that though I have efcaped death , I have not oblivion . I should at leaft have expected you to have finished that elegy upon me , which , you told me ...
Էջ 32
... since you do not laugh at them as at this , I can be fo ci- vil as not to lay any ftrefs upon them , ( as I think , I told you before ) , and in particular in the point of trees enjoying , you have , I must own , fully satisfied me ...
... since you do not laugh at them as at this , I can be fo ci- vil as not to lay any ftrefs upon them , ( as I think , I told you before ) , and in particular in the point of trees enjoying , you have , I must own , fully satisfied me ...
Էջ 74
... . To tell you from whence the dart comes , is to no purpose , since neither of you will take the ten- der care to draw it out of my heart , and fuck the poi- fon with your lips . Here , Here , at my Lord H- -'s , I fee 74 LETTERS TÓ.
... . To tell you from whence the dart comes , is to no purpose , since neither of you will take the ten- der care to draw it out of my heart , and fuck the poi- fon with your lips . Here , Here , at my Lord H- -'s , I fee 74 LETTERS TÓ.
Էջ 111
... Since I know this , I shall in one refpcct / be more afraid of writing to you than ever , at this care- lefs rate , because I fee my evil works may again rife in judgment against me ; yet in another refpect I fhall be ̈ lefs afraid ...
... Since I know this , I shall in one refpcct / be more afraid of writing to you than ever , at this care- lefs rate , because I fee my evil works may again rife in judgment against me ; yet in another refpect I fhall be ̈ lefs afraid ...
Էջ 134
... Since we are upon proofs of fincerity , ( which I am pretty confident will turn to the advantage of us both in each other's opinion ) , give me leave to name ano- ther paffage in the fame Spectator , which I wish you would alter . It is ...
... Since we are upon proofs of fincerity , ( which I am pretty confident will turn to the advantage of us both in each other's opinion ) , give me leave to name ano- ther paffage in the fame Spectator , which I wish you would alter . It is ...
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Էջ 208 - I there found a spring of the clearest water, which falls in a perpetual rill, that echoes through the Cavern day and night. From the river Thames, you see through my arch up a walk of the wilderness, to a kind of open temple, wholly composed of shells in the rustic manner ; and from that...
Էջ 193 - My dear, it is only this, that you will never marry an old man again.
Էջ 140 - ... 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 264 - I know not but I may call upon you at my hearing, to say somewhat about my way of spending my time at the Deanery, which did not seem calculated towards managing plots and conspiracies.
Էջ 268 - The toys and baubles of your childhood are hardly now more below you, than those toys of our riper and of our declining years, the drums and rattles of ambition, and the dirt and bubbles of avarice.
Էջ 70 - 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 161 - The fields in the northern side are divided by hedgerows of myrtle. Several fountains and rivulets add to the beauty of this landscape, which is likewise set off by the variety of some barren spots, and naked rocks.
Էջ 170 - Now, sir,' continued Mr. Lintot, 'in return for the frankness I have shown, pray tell me, is it the opinion of your friends at Court that my Lord Lansdowne will be brought to the bar or not?' I told him I heard he would not, and I hoped it, my Lord being one I had particular obligations to. — 'That may be,' replied Mr. Lintot; 'but by G if he is not, I shall lose the printing of a very good trial.
Էջ 161 - ... sheep, and the top is a sandy pointed rock, from which you have the finest prospect in the world, surveying, at one view, besides several pleasant islands lying at your feet, a tract of Italy about three hundred miles in length, from the promontory of Antium to the Cape...
Էջ 160 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing within the compass of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a most romantic confusion.