The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, כרך 7A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 34
עמוד 8
... faults : Spots and blemishes , you know , are never fo plainly discovered as in the brightest funshine . Thus I am mortified by thofe com- mendations which were defigned to encourage me : for praise to a young wit , is like rain to a ...
... faults : Spots and blemishes , you know , are never fo plainly discovered as in the brightest funshine . Thus I am mortified by thofe com- mendations which were defigned to encourage me : for praise to a young wit , is like rain to a ...
עמוד 9
... faults , if not as a young man , at least as an unexperienced Writer . LETTER IV . I am , & c . From Mr. WY CHERLEY . March 29 , 1705 . OUR letter of the twenty - fifth of March I have received , which was more wel- You a His Paftorals ...
... faults , if not as a young man , at least as an unexperienced Writer . LETTER IV . I am , & c . From Mr. WY CHERLEY . March 29 , 1705 . OUR letter of the twenty - fifth of March I have received , which was more wel- You a His Paftorals ...
עמוד 10
... fault with it , but that it charges me with want of fincerity , or justice , for giving you your due ; who fhould not let your ... faults rather than your perfections ; but ( my friend ) that would be fo hard to do , that I , who love no ...
... fault with it , but that it charges me with want of fincerity , or justice , for giving you your due ; who fhould not let your ... faults rather than your perfections ; but ( my friend ) that would be fo hard to do , that I , who love no ...
עמוד 15
... faults , than the confirmation of his follies . If you would make those the subject of a letter , it might be as long as I could wish your letters always were . I do not wonder you have hitherto found fome difficulty I do FROM MR ...
... faults , than the confirmation of his follies . If you would make those the subject of a letter , it might be as long as I could wish your letters always were . I do not wonder you have hitherto found fome difficulty I do FROM MR ...
עמוד 20
... fault with the short- nefs of mine , which I think the beft excufe for it : And tho ' they ( as you fay ) who have most wit or money are moft fparing of either ; there are fome who appear poor to be thought rich , and are poor , which ...
... fault with the short- nefs of mine , which I think the beft excufe for it : And tho ' they ( as you fay ) who have most wit or money are moft fparing of either ; there are fome who appear poor to be thought rich , and are poor , which ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affure againſt anſwer becauſe Befides beft believe beſt buſineſs cauſe CHERLEY converſation defign defire Dulneſs eſpecially eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatisfaction fave favour feems feen fenfe fent ferve fhall fhew fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs himſelf hope houſe judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER mifcellanies moft moſt muft Muſes muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid Paftorals perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry poffible Pope praiſe Pray preſent Priam printed publiſhed Quintilian reaſon receiv'd reft ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeverity ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeak Statius ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation unleſs uſe verfes verſes whoſe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh word write Wycherley yourſelf
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 252 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
עמוד 339 - Lucretius to publish against Tonson's ; agreeing to pay the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did ? I arrested the translator for a cheat ; nay, and I stopped the corrector's pay too, upon this proof that he had made use of Creech instead of the...
עמוד 337 - As Mr. Lintot was talking, I observed he sat uneasy on his saddle, for which I expressed some solicitude : Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
עמוד 294 - ... 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.
עמוד 95 - 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.
עמוד 327 - The inhabitants of this delicious isle, as they are without riches and honours, so are they without the vices and follies that attend them ; and were they but as much strangers to revenge, as they are to avarice and ambition, they might in fact answer the poetical notions of ,the golden age.
עמוד 252 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
עמוד 100 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...
עמוד 255 - ... included of his belief in its immortality. The diminutive epithets of vagula, blandula...
עמוד 338 - 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.