The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... deferve : They made him think he was the fon of Jupiter , and you affure me I am a man of parts . But is this all you can fay to my honour ? you faid ten times as much before , when you call'd me your friend . After having made me ...
... deferve : They made him think he was the fon of Jupiter , and you affure me I am a man of parts . But is this all you can fay to my honour ? you faid ten times as much before , when you call'd me your friend . After having made me ...
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... deferve to be better regarded , when the reader is informed that it was made on the Earl of Peterborow , juft before the glorious campaigns of Barcelona and Valentia . VOL . VII . E P. 1. It 1. It is not enough that nothing offends the ...
... deferve to be better regarded , when the reader is informed that it was made on the Earl of Peterborow , juft before the glorious campaigns of Barcelona and Valentia . VOL . VII . E P. 1. It 1. It is not enough that nothing offends the ...
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... deferve criticism ; and by that time you have done with it , I hope to tell you in perfon with how much fidelity I am Your , & c . Thefe verfes are printed in Dr. Swift's , and our Au- thor's Mifcellanies . P. LET LETTERS то SEVERAL ...
... deferve criticism ; and by that time you have done with it , I hope to tell you in perfon with how much fidelity I am Your , & c . Thefe verfes are printed in Dr. Swift's , and our Au- thor's Mifcellanies . P. LET LETTERS то SEVERAL ...
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... deferve it . I know ' tis a common opinion that a young fcribler is as ill pleas'd to hear truth as a young lady . From the moment one fets up for an author , one must be treated as ceremoniously , that is as unfaithfully , As a King's ...
... deferve it . I know ' tis a common opinion that a young fcribler is as ill pleas'd to hear truth as a young lady . From the moment one fets up for an author , one must be treated as ceremoniously , that is as unfaithfully , As a King's ...
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... deferve . May I hope that fome late male- volencies have loft their effect ? indeed it is neither for me , nor my enemies , to pretend to tell you ther I am your friend or not ; but if you would judge by probabilities , I beg to know ...
... deferve . May I hope that fome late male- volencies have loft their effect ? indeed it is neither for me , nor my enemies , to pretend to tell you ther I am your friend or not ; but if you would judge by probabilities , I beg to know ...
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Side 70 - ... 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.
Side 69 - 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.
Side 190 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Side 245 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
Side 185 - I confess, I cannot apprehend where lies the trifling in all this : it is the most natural and obvious reflection imaginable to a dying man : and, if we...
Side 244 - 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.
Side 184 - I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. When I reflect what an...
Side 182 - ... 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.
Side 236 - 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.
Side 132 - L. walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the King, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain all alone under the garden wall.