The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: LettersC. Bathurst, 1788 |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 70–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 5
... best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are compa- nions ) , will have patience with a debtor who has an in- clination to pay you his obligations , if he had ...
... best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are compa- nions ) , will have patience with a debtor who has an in- clination to pay you his obligations , if he had ...
Էջ 6
... best way of fhewing my judgment , after having feen how you write , is to leave off writing ; and the best way to fhew my friendship to you , is to put an end to your trouble , and to conclude LETTER III . Yours , etc. March 25 , 1705 ...
... best way of fhewing my judgment , after having feen how you write , is to leave off writing ; and the best way to fhew my friendship to you , is to put an end to your trouble , and to conclude LETTER III . Yours , etc. March 25 , 1705 ...
Էջ 8
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , though longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more entertaining ...
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , though longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more entertaining ...
Էջ 10
... best contracted betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much intereft to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I cannot forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion . In the first place ...
... best contracted betwixt perfons of equal age ; but I have fo much intereft to be of another mind , that you must pardon me if I cannot forbear telling you a few notions of mine , in oppofition to that opinion . In the first place ...
Էջ 13
... best way both to quiet them , and fecure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I could be heartily glad that all you ...
... best way both to quiet them , and fecure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I could be heartily glad that all you ...
Common terms and phrases
abfent affure againſt agreeable anfwer becauſe befides beft believe beſt caufe cauſe converfation correfpondence critick defign defire eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatire fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf Homer honour hope houſe judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid Paftorals perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry poffible Pope praiſe Pray prefent Priam printed profe publick publiſhed reaſon reft ſay ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
Սիրված հատվածներ
Էջ 68 - 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 68 - ... 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 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing, within the compafs of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a moft romantic confufion.
Էջ 243 - Tonson had just such another design of going to Cambridge, expecting there the copy of a new kind of Horace from Dr. , and if Mr.
Էջ 354 - Remember, it was at such a time that the greatest lights of antiquity dazzled and blazed the most in their retreat, in their exile, or in their death ; but why do I talk of dazzling or blazing? it was then that they did good, that they gave light, and that they became guides to mankind.
Էջ 184 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Էջ 271 - I need not tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you, there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition, almost peculiar to him, which make it impossible to part from him without that uneasiness which generally succeeds all our pleasure.
Էջ 243 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
Էջ 288 - ... agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place. " It wants nothing to complete it but a good statue, with an inscription...
Էջ 218 - But after all I have said of this great man, there is no rupture between us. We are each of us so civil and obliging, that neither thinks he is obliged : and I, for my part, treat with him, as we do with the Grand Monarch ; who has too many great qualities...