The Works of Alexander Pope, Հատոր 5J. Balfour, 1764 |
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... thoughts ; and of all the benefit of your Prudence , your Candour , or your Mode- fty . As a Member of fociety , you are ... thought of the procuring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them merely for Lucre ? We cannot but conclude ...
... thoughts ; and of all the benefit of your Prudence , your Candour , or your Mode- fty . As a Member of fociety , you are ... thought of the procuring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them merely for Lucre ? We cannot but conclude ...
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... thought , and a facility of expreffion ; or ( in the midwife's phrafe ) a perfect conception , with an eafy delivery . How- ever , this is far from a complete definition ; pray , help me to a better , as , I doubt not , you can . Our 1 ...
... thought , and a facility of expreffion ; or ( in the midwife's phrafe ) a perfect conception , with an eafy delivery . How- ever , this is far from a complete definition ; pray , help me to a better , as , I doubt not , you can . Our 1 ...
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... thought I could make a return to fo much profufeness of Wit and Humanity together ; which tho ' they feldom accompany each other in other men , are in you fo equally met , I know not in which you moft abound . But fo much for my opinion ...
... thought I could make a return to fo much profufeness of Wit and Humanity together ; which tho ' they feldom accompany each other in other men , are in you fo equally met , I know not in which you moft abound . But fo much for my opinion ...
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... thought to pique themselves upon their Wit . The world is never wanting , when a coxcomb is accom- plishing himself , to help to give him the finishing ftroke . Every man is apt to think his neighbour overstock'd with vanity , yet , I ...
... thought to pique themselves upon their Wit . The world is never wanting , when a coxcomb is accom- plishing himself , to help to give him the finishing ftroke . Every man is apt to think his neighbour overstock'd with vanity , yet , I ...
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... thought rich , and are poor , which is my cafe . I cannot but rejoice , that But you have undergone fo much discontent for want of my company ; but if you have a mind to punish me for my fault ( which I could not help ) defer your ...
... thought rich , and are poor , which is my cafe . I cannot but rejoice , that But you have undergone fo much discontent for want of my company ; but if you have a mind to punish me for my fault ( which I could not help ) defer your ...
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Էջ 78 - ... 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 150 - To eat 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 325 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Էջ 206 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
Էջ 400 - I look upon you as a spirit entered into another life ', as one just upon the edge of immortality ; where the passions and affections must be much more exalted, and where you ought to despise all little views, and all mean retrospects. Nothing is worth your looking back ; and therefore look forward, and make (as you can) the world look after you. But take care that it be not with pity, but with esteem and admiration. I am with the greatest sincerity, and passion for your fame as well as happiness,...
Էջ 207 - Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines.
Էջ 399 - 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 178 - Bolingbroke sent for Booth, who played Cato, into the box, between one of the acts, and presented him with fifty guineas ; in acknowledgment (as he expressed it) for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.
Էջ 266 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Էջ 208 - ... very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...