The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, כרך 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 94
עמוד iv
... must not fay altogether with my confent , nor wholly without it . I thought them too good to be loft in oblivion , and had no cause to apprehend the difobliging of any . The public , viz . all perfons of tafte and judgment , would be ...
... must not fay altogether with my confent , nor wholly without it . I thought them too good to be loft in oblivion , and had no cause to apprehend the difobliging of any . The public , viz . all perfons of tafte and judgment , would be ...
עמוד 2
... must have known and lov'd him : For I have been affured , not only by yourself , but by Mr. Congreve and Sir William Trumbul , that his per- fonal Qualities were as amiable as his Poetical , not- withstanding the many libellous ...
... must have known and lov'd him : For I have been affured , not only by yourself , but by Mr. Congreve and Sir William Trumbul , that his per- fonal Qualities were as amiable as his Poetical , not- withstanding the many libellous ...
עמוד 4
... must no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good wit never forfeited your good judg- ment , but in your partiality to me and mine ; fo that if it were poffible for a ...
... must no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good wit never forfeited your good judg- ment , but in your partiality to me and mine ; fo that if it were poffible for a ...
עמוד 5
... must be fuch as a man naturally takes in obferving the firft fhoots and buddings of a tree which he has raised himself and ' tis impoffible they should be esteemed any otherwise , than as we value fruits for being early , which ...
... must be fuch as a man naturally takes in obferving the firft fhoots and buddings of a tree which he has raised himself and ' tis impoffible they should be esteemed any otherwise , than as we value fruits for being early , which ...
עמוד 6
... must allow there is no smoke but there is fome fire ; and as the facrifice of incenfe offered to the Gods would not have been half fo sweet to others , if it had not been for its fmoke ; fo friend- fhip , like love , cannot be without ...
... must allow there is no smoke but there is fome fire ; and as the facrifice of incenfe offered to the Gods would not have been half fo sweet to others , if it had not been for its fmoke ; fo friend- fhip , like love , cannot be without ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æneid affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft believe beſt cauſe converfation Correfpondence critics defign defire eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatire fatisfaction favour feems felf fend fenfe fent ferve feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure give happineſs himſelf Homer hope juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope praiſe Pray prefent Priam printed profe publiſhed reafon receiv'd reft Sappho ſay ſee ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe wifh WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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?
עמוד 190 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
עמוד 189 - I should myself be much better pleased, if I were told you called me your little friend, than if you complimented me with the title of a great genius, or an eminent hand, as Jacob does all his authors.
עמוד 244 - Don't you design to let him pass a year at Oxford ? "To what purpose? (said he) the Universities do but make Pedants, and I intend to breed him a man of business.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 214 - ... 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 236 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
עמוד 132 - Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
עמוד 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...