Letters to and from Mr. PopeJ. Donaldson, 1789 - 282 էջ |
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... prefent I am fatisfied to trifle away my time any way , rather than let it ftick by me ; as fhopkeepers are glad to be rid of thofe goods at any rate , which would otherwife always be lying upon their hands . Sir , if you will favour me ...
... prefent I am fatisfied to trifle away my time any way , rather than let it ftick by me ; as fhopkeepers are glad to be rid of thofe goods at any rate , which would otherwife always be lying upon their hands . Sir , if you will favour me ...
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... prefent . To be very frank with you , Sir , I must own , that where I received fo much civility at firft , I could hardly have expected fo B 2 much much fincerity afterwards . But now I have only to FROM H. CROMWELL , Esq ; 15.
... prefent . To be very frank with you , Sir , I must own , that where I received fo much civility at firft , I could hardly have expected fo B 2 much much fincerity afterwards . But now I have only to FROM H. CROMWELL , Esq ; 15.
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... prefent : King Charles I. be- ing with fome of his court during his troubles , a dif . courfe arose what fort of dogs deferved pre - eminence , and it being on all hands agreed to belong either to the fpaniel or greyhound , the King ...
... prefent : King Charles I. be- ing with fome of his court during his troubles , a dif . courfe arose what fort of dogs deferved pre - eminence , and it being on all hands agreed to belong either to the fpaniel or greyhound , the King ...
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... prefent , I have only thefe arguments in profe to the Thebaid , which you claim by promife , as I do your translation of Pars me Sulmo tenet - and the ring ; the reft I hope for as foon as you can conveniently tranfcribe them , and ...
... prefent , I have only thefe arguments in profe to the Thebaid , which you claim by promife , as I do your translation of Pars me Sulmo tenet - and the ring ; the reft I hope for as foon as you can conveniently tranfcribe them , and ...
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... prefent , living dead condition , nothing would be properer than oblitufque meorum , oblivifcendus et illis , but that unluckily I cannot forget my friends , and the civilities I received from yourself , and fome others . They say ...
... prefent , living dead condition , nothing would be properer than oblitufque meorum , oblivifcendus et illis , but that unluckily I cannot forget my friends , and the civilities I received from yourself , and fome others . They say ...
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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.