The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 29
עמוד 10
... verses , which you praise so much , I may truly say they have never been 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 ...
... verses , which you praise so much , I may truly say they have never been 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 ...
עמוד 16
... verses ( as thofe on the Idlenefs of bufinefs , on Ignorance , on Lazinefs , & c . ) to make the method and numbers exact , and avoid repetitions ? For tho ' ( upon reading ' em on this occafion ) I believe , they might receive fuch an ...
... verses ( as thofe on the Idlenefs of bufinefs , on Ignorance , on Lazinefs , & c . ) to make the method and numbers exact , and avoid repetitions ? For tho ' ( upon reading ' em on this occafion ) I believe , they might receive fuch an ...
עמוד 17
... verses to Mr. Waller in his old age ; your new ones on the Duke of Marlborough , and two others . I have done all that I thought could be of advantage to them : fome I have contracted , as we do fun - beams , to improve their energy and ...
... verses to Mr. Waller in his old age ; your new ones on the Duke of Marlborough , and two others . I have done all that I thought could be of advantage to them : fome I have contracted , as we do fun - beams , to improve their energy and ...
עמוד 29
... verses should meet with a few flying commendations , Virgil has taught me , that a young author has not too much reason to be pleas'd with them , when he confiders that the natural con- fequence of praise is envy and calumny . -Si ultra ...
... verses should meet with a few flying commendations , Virgil has taught me , that a young author has not too much reason to be pleas'd with them , when he confiders that the natural con- fequence of praise is envy and calumny . -Si ultra ...
עמוד 39
... verse * : And this , when nothing more is done but * Mr. Wycherley lived five years after , to Decem- ber , 1715 , but little progrefs was made in this defign , thro ' his Old age , and the increase of his infirmities . D4 marking ...
... verse * : And this , when nothing more is done but * Mr. Wycherley lived five years after , to Decem- ber , 1715 , but little progrefs was made in this defign , thro ' his Old age , and the increase of his infirmities . D4 marking ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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...