Letters to and from Mr. PopeJ. Donaldson, 1789 - 282 էջ |
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... because the confequence of this ma- chine appears not till the fecond book ) . The transla- tion goes on from thence to the words , Hic vero am- bobus rabiem fortuna cruentam , where there is an odd account of a battle at fifty - cuffs ...
... because the confequence of this ma- chine appears not till the fecond book ) . The transla- tion goes on from thence to the words , Hic vero am- bobus rabiem fortuna cruentam , where there is an odd account of a battle at fifty - cuffs ...
Էջ 7
... tranflator . I fhall be extremely glad if the reading this can be any amufement to you , the rather because I had the diffatisfaction to hear you have been been confined to your chamber by an illnefs , which FROM H. CROMWELL , Esq ; 7.
... tranflator . I fhall be extremely glad if the reading this can be any amufement to you , the rather because I had the diffatisfaction to hear you have been been confined to your chamber by an illnefs , which FROM H. CROMWELL , Esq ; 7.
Էջ 12
... because they were then in confufion by the di- " vifions of the brothers , Atreus and Thyeftes . " Now from the railing the Greek army against Thebes , back to the time of this journey of Polynices , is ( according to Statius's own ...
... because they were then in confufion by the di- " vifions of the brothers , Atreus and Thyeftes . " Now from the railing the Greek army against Thebes , back to the time of this journey of Polynices , is ( according to Statius's own ...
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... because I perfuade myself it might be ufeful , at a time when we have no theatre , to divert ourselves at this great one . Here is a glorious ftanding comedy of Fools , at which every man is heartily merry , and thinks himfelf an uncon ...
... because I perfuade myself it might be ufeful , at a time when we have no theatre , to divert ourselves at this great one . Here is a glorious ftanding comedy of Fools , at which every man is heartily merry , and thinks himfelf an uncon ...
Էջ 19
... because it is poffible fome may be almost as fabulous as thofe of Pylades and Oreftes , & c . I will only fay for the honour of dogs , that the two most ancient and efteemable books , facred and profane , extant , ( viz . the Scripture ...
... because it is poffible fome may be almost as fabulous as thofe of Pylades and Oreftes , & c . I will only fay for the honour of dogs , that the two most ancient and efteemable books , facred and profane , extant , ( viz . the Scripture ...
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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.