The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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עמוד xiii
... means efforts of the genius , but emanations of the heart : and this alone may induce any candid reader to believe their pub- lication an act of neceffity , rather than of vanity . It is notorious , how many volumes have been published ...
... means efforts of the genius , but emanations of the heart : and this alone may induce any candid reader to believe their pub- lication an act of neceffity , rather than of vanity . It is notorious , how many volumes have been published ...
עמוד xv
... means to fupply them , the Author having destroyed too many Letters to preferve any Series . Nor would he go about to amend them , except by the omiffion of fome paffages , improper . or at leaft impertinent , to be divulged to the ...
... means to fupply them , the Author having destroyed too many Letters to preferve any Series . Nor would he go about to amend them , except by the omiffion of fome paffages , improper . or at leaft impertinent , to be divulged to the ...
עמוד 4
... mean time should confider , when you have obliged me beyond my prefent pow- er of returning the favour , that a debtor may be an honest man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I fhould be less just to you ...
... mean time should confider , when you have obliged me beyond my prefent pow- er of returning the favour , that a debtor may be an honest man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I fhould be less just to you ...
עמוד 10
... the cause of any vanity in me , except what they gave me when they firft occafioned my acquaintance with you . But I have feveral times fince been in danger of this vice ; as often , I mean , as I received any 5 as 10 LETTERS TO AND.
... the cause of any vanity in me , except what they gave me when they firft occafioned my acquaintance with you . But I have feveral times fince been in danger of this vice ; as often , I mean , as I received any 5 as 10 LETTERS TO AND.
עמוד 11
Alexander Pope. as often , I mean , as I received any letters from you . ' Tis certain , the greatest magnifying glaffes in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself fo ...
Alexander Pope. as often , I mean , as I received any letters from you . ' Tis certain , the greatest magnifying glaffes in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself fo ...
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Æneid affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft beſt cauſe converſation correfpondence defign defire Dulneſs eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf hope houſe judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt Mufes muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe Pray prefent printed profe publiſhed reaſon receiv'd reft Sappho ſay ſee ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 67 - 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 188 - 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 130 - 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...
עמוד 240 - 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 67 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him 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 mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
עמוד 212 - ... 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 132 - ... to the falls of cataracts below, and the murmuring of the winds above. The gloomy verdure of Stonor succeeded to these, and then the shades of the evening overtook me.
עמוד 67 - ... 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.
עמוד 72 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...